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Re: [PATCH] X86: Disassemble primary opcode map's group 2 ModRM.reg == 6 aliases correctly

On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:17 AM, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de> wrote:
> On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 08:12:35AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> We are considering removing SAL from IA SDM.  Adding SAL to
>> disassembler isn't a good idea.
>
> Oh well. Ok, I'll change it once again. :-\
>
> Out of curiosity: why does it matter so much? Why do you want to
> deprecate it?

There is no SAL, which is just an alias of SHL in assembler.

> Don't tell me you want to reuse the opcode...
>

No, this won't happen.



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H.J.
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