Re: [PATCH] change name of rep_nop

From: Etienne Lorrain (etienne_lorrain@yahoo.fr)
Date: Tue Oct 09 2001 - 03:51:40 EST

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Hello,
> __asm__ __volatile__("rep;nop");

"The behavior of the REP prefix is undefined when used with non-string
instructions." page 3-404 of Intel documentation, in "CHAPTER 3,
INSTRUCTION SET REFERENCE"...

How about: __asm__ __volatile__("loop ." : "+c" (nbloop)); ?

Etienne.

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