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From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
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Mike Kravetz writes:

> I 'think' LOAD_REG_ADDR only turns into 5 instructions on 32 bit systems.
> It is a single load from TOC on 64 bits as we are using it.

You're right, David (Gibson) cleaned that up some time ago.  In fact
it's only 2 instructions on 32-bit systems, and it is a TOC load on
64-bit systems.

Paul.