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From: Robert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>
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On 29.03.12 17:52:50, Stephane Eranian wrote:
> Unless I am mistaken, the x86_64 calling convention passes the first 6
> integer arguments in registers.

This is documented here:

 http://www.x86-64.org/documentation/abi.pdf
 3.2.3 Parameter Passing

-Robert

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