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Re: PATCH: PR 834: IA64: Change br to brl for "far" branches when possible

From: "H. J. Lu" <hjl at lucon dot org>
To: Richard Henderson <rth at redhat dot com>
Cc: Jan Beulich <JBeulich at novell dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com
Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 11:29:16 -0700
Subject: Re: PATCH: PR 834: IA64: Change br to brl for "far" branches when possible
References: <s2846807.006@emea1-mh.id2.novell.com> <20050513140251.GA24961@lucon.org> <20050513181501.GC10429@redhat.com>

On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 11:15:01AM -0700, Richard Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, May 13, 2005 at 07:02:51AM -0700, H. J. Lu wrote:
> > Because it was there before.
> 
> It's a nop.  What are you hoping to achieve?
> 

I am not trying to second guess what the programmer wants. If she/he
puts a predicate on a nop, I will leave it there. If we really want
to strip predicate on nop, the assembler should do it, not the linker.

H.J.

References:
- Re: PATCH: PR 834: IA64: Change br to brl for "far" brancheswhen possible
  - From: Jan Beulich
- Re: PATCH: PR 834: IA64: Change br to brl for "far" branches when possible
  - From: H. J. Lu
- Re: PATCH: PR 834: IA64: Change br to brl for "far" branches when possible
  - From: Richard Henderson

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