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Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 14:42:06 +1100
From: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
To: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: Use 32 bit loads and stores when operating on
 condition register values
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On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 02:36:31PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> 
> The condition register (CR) is a 32 bit quantity so we should use
> 32 bit loads and stores.

Does this make any practical difference or fix any bugs, or is this
just for aesthetics?

Paul.