PATCH: Remove memory check on SVME instructions

Jan Beulich jbeulich@novell.com
Wed Sep 5 17:07:00 GMT 2007


>>> "H.J. Lu" <hjl@lucon.org> 09/05/07 3:27 PM >>>
>> >SVME instructions don't take any memory operand. You will get an
>> >error if you try to use an memory operand.
>> 
>> They really do, just the addressing is so that only rAX can be used. If you check
>> the svme test case, you'll see that there are explict uses of memory operands. In
>> the original patch implementation it may not have been that way, but since the
>> meaning of the operands is memory-like, we agreed on a memory-like notation
>> iirc.
>
>It is wrong and has been fixed.

On what basis are you concluding this? As I said, we had specifically agreed on a
memory operand like notation, to reflect the actual effect these opcodes have.

Jan



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