Re: [PATCH] x86: Replace evex-no-scale.s with evex-no-scale-[32|64].s

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

On Sun, Aug 12, 2018 at 11:20 PM, Jan Beulich <JBeulich@suse.com> wrote:
>>>> On 10.08.18 at 19:28, <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> .if is_64bit
>>       vmovaps -1024(%rip), %zmm0
>>       vmovaps 64(,%rax), %zmm0
>>       vmovaps 64(,%riz), %zmm0
>> .endif
>>
>> doesn't with i686-elf cross binutils on 64-bit hosts:
>>
>> evex-no-scale.s: Assembler messages:
>> evex-no-scale.s:10: Error: bad register name `%rip)'
>> evex-no-scale.s:11: Error: bad register name `%rax)'
>> evex-no-scale.s:12: Error: bad register name `%riz)'
>
> Mind shedding some light on the _actual_ issue? The fact that
> the 64-bit code won't assemble with a 32-bit assembler doesn't
> come as a surprise. The question is why is_64bit is set in this
> case. I was actually meaning to use this approach in further
> tests, to reduce the split / redundancy between similar or even
> close to identical 32- and 64-bit tests.
>

I didn't investigate further.  You can try it yourself.


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H.J.