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Would this not spell the end of gem5 support on 32-bit platforms/kernels? Is it 
not possible to avoid using the non-standard type?

- Andreas Hansson


On Feb. 2, 2017, 12:32 a.m., Tony Gutierrez wrote:
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> (Updated Feb. 2, 2017, 12:32 a.m.)
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> Review request for Default.
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> Repository: gem5
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> Description
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> Changeset 11970:a7fb935f1418
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> x86 fix Mul1u instructions
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> the Mul1uFlags and Mul1u instructions perform the 64b multiplication using
> only 64b registers, however this method causes the high 64b to be corrupted
> for certain inputs. to avoid this complexity, we use the compiler builtin
> __uint128_t, which is supported by gcc and clang to simplify the code and
> get correct results.
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> Diffs
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>   src/arch/x86/isa/microops/regop.isa 
> ed89cb178ecd7586296d2a2e83595174474db554 
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> Diff: http://reviews.gem5.org/r/3800/diff/
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> Testing
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> Thanks,
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> Tony Gutierrez
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