On 2015-09-30, at 08:55, Steve Smith wrote:

> That's plausible.  I don't know how old TRKADDR is, but the non-G
> expansions would work on ESA.
>  
And as long as the non-G expansions work on all hardwares, multipathing
to save a few instructions is a WOMBAT.  In contrast, providing a base
register independent flavor would have significant value.

> On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 10:26 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
> 
>> Is it possible that at the time the macro was coded it was required
>> to support non-64-bit hardware, and AMODE64 was a sufficient (though
>> not necessary) condition to presume 64-bit support?

-- gil

Reply via email to