Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] ppc32 use simplified mmenonics | Date | Sun, 22 Aug 2004 13:02:06 -0400 | From | Horst von Brand <> |
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Vincent Hanquez <tab@snarc.org> said: > On Sun, Aug 22, 2004 at 06:41:32AM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > > The "or" is much easier, because it follows the > > standard 3-register pattern. With "mr", which way > > does it go? That's one more thing to remember. > > In fact I don't know, but the "or" is obvious. > > > > The 0 is your hint that the "or" isn't a plain "or". > > Sure, but this is about mmenonic. When I see 'or', my mind doesn't make > any link with 'move register' but only with 'or'. I have to process > another term of the line (the 0) to see that the program want to move a > register.
I'd assume somebody familiar with the architecture reads this as a matter of course. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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