x86 issues

[H.J. Lu]

On Feb 13, 2008 9:04 AM, Jan Beulich <jbeulich@novell.com> wrote:
> >We can clean up assembler with:
> >
> >1.     Don't use mnemonic suffix for both memory operand size and
> >instruction encoding.
> >2.     Replace No_bSuf, No_wSuf, No_lSuf, No_sSuf, No_qSuf, No_ldSuf in
> >instruction template with sizes allowed, like B, W, L, Q, S, LD. It
> >should only be used in AT&T syntax to match memory operand size.
> >3.     Add new fields in instruction template for encoding if needed.
> >4.     Break one template into 2 or more if needed.
>
> This matches intentions I had, and I'm glad that you think the same
> way!
>

Hi Jan,

That is great. I may not have time to work on it in the next few months.
But I will give my feedbacks on your proposed changes.

Thanks.


H.J.