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Re: RFC: Optimization to write_register_bytes()

Andrew Cagney wrote:
> 
> > (The Pentium MMX registers are aliased to the mantissa of the floating point
> > registers)
> 
> Can I guess that the bug is that there is no consistency between FP and
> mmx registers and you're attempting to fix it by mapping the register
> raw-size/offset of the mmx registers directly onto the FP registers?
> 

It is not a bug.  That is Intel "design".

Sorry.

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