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From: Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 09:55:10 +0000
Subject: Re: ld2.acq - sign extension?
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Andreas Schwab wrote:
> Jes Sorensen <jes@sgi.com> writes:
> 
>> Basically if I apply the below diff my code no longer works. However I
>> am under the impression that ld2.acq does sign extension?
> 
> ld always zero extends.

Hi Andreas,

Thats what I thought too, but do you have any explanation as to why
that patch I included makes a difference?

Thanks,
Jes