Re: [PATCH] make distinction between repeat prefixes F3 and F2

[Avi Kivity <avi-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org>]

Guillaume Thouvenin wrote:
> On Thu, 22 Nov 2007 17:27:55 +0530
> Amit Shah <amit.shah-atKUWr5tajBWk0Htik3J/w@public.gmane.org> wrote:
>  
>   
>> Can you just rename this to REP and REPNE?
>>     
>
> Yes I can. I send the new patch.
>   

Too late, merged it already.

>  
>   
>> Does this fix the problems you saw with openbsd?
>>     
>
> No not yet. It will help to make the difference between REPE prefix and
> REPNE prefix because both can be added to the CMPS and SCAS
> instruction. To be able to boot OpenBSD41 properly we need to emulate
> CMPS. 
>
> I replaced CMPS by a NOP instruction and it allows me to boot
> openbsd but it's not really an acceptable solution, it was just to
> see if that the emulation of CMPS instruction was the problem.
>   

What is cmps accessing?  VGA memory?


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