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Re: [PATCH] x86: suppress emission of zero displacements in memoryoperands
- From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
- To: "Dave Korn" <dave dot korn at artimi dot com>
- Cc: "'Jan Beulich'" <JBeulich at novell dot com>,<binutils at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 16:35:56 +0200
- Subject: Re: [PATCH] x86: suppress emission of zero displacements in memoryoperands
- References: <SERRANOB5i5Qy2LfHxw0000026a@SERRANO.CAM.ARTIMI.COM>
"Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com> writes:
> ----Original Message----
>>From: Andreas Schwab
>>Sent: 06 May 2005 15:13
>
>> "Dave Korn" <dave.korn@artimi.com> writes:
>>
>>> I'm not sure if I've fully understood the intent of this patch, ...
>
>> The m68k assembler is doing something similar, also known as relaxing.
>
> Hopefully *only* if you specify --relax on the command line, no?
No, it's the default mode of operation, and there is no command line
option to switch it off. Probably because it is just too useful for hand
written assembler code.
Andreas.
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