From: David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
Cc: "Kevin B. Hendricks" <kbhend@dogwood.tyler.wm.edu>,
linuxppc-dev@lists.linuxppc.org
Subject: Re: Help from Kernel Gurus needed!!!
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:33:03 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9901252333.AA28914@marc.watson.ibm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Geert Uytterhoeven <Geert.Uytterhoeven@cs.kuleuven.ac.be> of "Mon, 25 Jan 1999 22:27:43 +0100." <Pine.LNX.4.03.9901252224310.29711-100000@mercator.cs.kuleuven.ac.be>
>>>>> Geert Uytterhoeven writes:
Geert> Hehe, the clue is that IBM/Motorola didn't implement instructions that perform
Geert> operations that can be done in a different manner, too.
Geert> `mr' is just an alias for add with zero.
The point is that the extended mnemonic document the intent and
purpose of the operation. This is for documentation, not correctness or
efficiency.
David
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~1999-01-25 23:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-01-25 15:32 Help from Kernel Gurus needed!!! Kevin B. Hendricks
1999-01-25 17:46 ` David Edelsohn
1999-01-25 21:27 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
1999-01-25 23:33 ` David Edelsohn [this message]
1999-01-26 15:35 ` Gabriel Paubert
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1999-01-24 10:15 Help - Kernel Panic - 2.2.0-final Bryan Christianson
1999-01-25 3:31 ` Help from Kernel Gurus needed!!! Kevin B. Hendricks
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