PATCH: mips-opc rearrange

Eric Christopher echristo@redhat.com
Fri Jun 22 14:13:00 GMT 2001


> Heh.  I figured as much, but i'm still a bit puzzled.  For this to be
> an actual problem, you'd need:
> 
> * an entry earlier in the list that matches the same bit pattern that
> prefx does,
> 
> * that entry and the prefx entry to both be (correctly) 'enabled'
> (i.e., both prefx and the other entry are valid instructions on your
> processor).
> 
> I don't understand how that could actually happen (but obviously you
> have more information 8-).
> 

Silly encoding of new instructions on processor :)

> 
> I guess if you know that what you're proposing is correct and
> necessary, that's good enough for me -- certainly the change causes no
> harm.  8-)


> 
> The one remaining comment that i have is that, when you _can_ tell the
> world, you should go back and update the prefx entry at the top of the
> list to note the conflicting instruction.  (all of the rest of the
> entries there, other than nop and ssnop, appear to have notes as to
> why they're there.)
> 

Will do. :)

-eric
 

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