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Re: [PATCH] x86: adjust immediate instruction operands handling


On Mon, Jul 18, 2005 at 08:06:19AM -0600, Jan Beulich wrote:
> Until now, it was possible to use, for example (Intel Syntax),
> 
> 	shl	<byte-reg>, <imm8>
> 
> where <imm8> was either a forward reference or even an external
> absolute.
> However, it wasn't possible to do the same with 16-, 32-, or 64-bit
> registers, because the immediate's size and the register and/or suffix
> didn't match in size. This patch makes this consistent so that all
> forms
> get accepted.
> 

A testcase?


H.J.


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