--- strncpy.S.orig	Tue Nov 19 10:22:01 2002
+++ strncpy.S	Tue Nov 19 10:29:21 2002
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
 	mov	saved_pr = pr           // save the predicate registers
 	.save ar.lc, saved_lc
 	mov 	saved_lc = ar.lc	// save the loop counter
+	mov	ar.ec = 0
 	.body
 	cmp.geu p6, p5 = 24, in2
 (p6)	br.cond.spnt .short_len
@@ -221,7 +222,9 @@
 	ld8	r[MEMLAT] = [tmp]
 	br.cond.sptk .back3
 .recovery4:
+	cmp.eq	p8,p9=0,len
 	add	tmp = -MEMLAT * 8, src ;;
-	ld8	r[MEMLAT - 1] = [tmp]
+(p8)	mov	r[MEMLAT - 1] = r0
+(p9)	ld8	r[MEMLAT - 1] = [tmp]
 	br.cond.sptk .back4
 END(strncpy)