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Re: shifts and rotates by 1 on ix86
- To: Alexander Sokolov <robocop at netlink dot ru>
- Subject: Re: shifts and rotates by 1 on ix86
- From: Alan Modra <alan at linuxcare dot com dot au>
- Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 21:04:14 +1000 (EST)
- cc: binutils <binutils at sourceware dot cygnus dot com>
On Wed, 10 May 2000, Alexander Sokolov wrote:
> On Wed, 10 May 2000, Alan Modra wrote:
>
> > That's not such a bad idea, particularly if the directive also enabled
> > warnings when someone tried to use an instruction not available on the
> > chosen cpu.
>
> Good idea. This would make gas behave like masm or tasm which do not allow
> the instructions unless the cpu that supports them is explicitly
> specified. I think it's easy to implement such behaviour in gas.
I also think it's easy to do, but I don't have the time to implement
it. Glad to see you offer. ;-)
Regards, Alan Modra
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