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From: Dan Pop <Dan.Pop@cern.ch>
Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2000 15:07:59 +0000
Subject: Re: [linux-ia64] Predication vs. Branching
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On Tue, 19 Sep 2000, Jonathan Case Nicklin wrote:

> This might not be the appropriate forum, but what the heck. Does anyone
> have
> a definitive answer on what happens to predicated instructions that are
> not
> executed (ie where in the pipeline are they discarded).

According to the manual, they become NOPs of the appropriate type.

Dan