From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S270871AbTGVSu2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:50:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270876AbTGVSu2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:50:28 -0400 Received: from x35.xmailserver.org ([208.129.208.51]:27575 "EHLO x35.xmailserver.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S270871AbTGVSu1 (ORCPT ); Tue, 22 Jul 2003 14:50:27 -0400 X-AuthUser: davidel@xmailserver.org Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 11:58:16 -0700 (PDT) From: Davide Libenzi X-X-Sender: davide@bigblue.dev.mcafeelabs.com To: "Randy.Dunlap" cc: jamie@shareable.org, Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: asm (lidt) question In-Reply-To: <20030722115823.4b34f9ce.rddunlap@osdl.org> Message-ID: References: <20030717152819.66cfdbaf.rddunlap@osdl.org> <20030722172722.GC3267@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030722115823.4b34f9ce.rddunlap@osdl.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Randy.Dunlap wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 10:31:37 -0700 (PDT) Davide Libenzi wrote: > > | On Tue, 22 Jul 2003, Jamie Lokier wrote: > | > | > Davide Libenzi wrote: > | > > IMHO, since "var" is really an output parameter. > | > > | > "var" is read, not written. > | > I think you are confusing "lidt" with "sidt". > | > | Actually I don't even know what I was confusing, since L and S are not > | there for nothing ;) And yes, the form with =m as input parameter should > | be corrected, even if it generates the same code. > > Yes, less confusion is better, so here's a patch to use the > same reasonable syntax in all places. > > Look OK? Generates the same code, as Davide pointed out. Yep, that's the right syntax (pls push to Andrew or Linus) ;) - Davide