Re: Intel vs AMD x86-64

Timothy Miller
2004-02-25T18:57:40Z

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> Timothy Miller wrote:
>
>>
>> I think we were talking about absolute branches when referring to
>> "near branches". For absolute branches, having a 32-bit address
>> restricts you to the lower 4G of the address space.
>>
>
> You're talking about *indirect* near branches? Those are the only
> absolute near branches which exist...

I don't know. I seem to vaguely recall seeing some disassembled x86
code which was a branch which had an absolute address. Maybe I remember
incorrectly.