From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Message-Id: <9901252333.AA28914@marc.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!!! 
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>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:33:03 -0500
From: David Edelsohn <dje@watson.ibm.com>
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>>>>> 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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