Re: [patch 13/17] Immediate Values - x86 Optimization

[H. Peter Anvin]

Mathieu Desnoyers wrote:
> Ok, so the most flexible solution that I see, that should fit for both
> x86 and x86_64 would be :
> 1 byte  :       "=q" : "a", "b", "c", or "d" register for the i386.  For
>                        x86-64 it is equivalent to "r" class (for 8-bit
>                        instructions that do not use upper halves).
> 2, 4, 8 bytes : "=r" : A register operand is allowed provided that it is in a
>                        general register.

Any reason to keep carrying this completely misleading comment chunk still?

	-hpa
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