Date: Thu, 30 Jan 1997 09:39:08 +0000
From: Bill Currie <billc AT blackmagic DOT tait DOT co DOT nz>
Subject: Re: assembler question
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Dan Hedlund wrote:
> 
> try : movw (,%%ebx,2),%%ax
> 

Better: movw (%%ebx.%%ebx,1),%%ax

Omitting the base register requires an offset (1 or 4 extra bytes) which 
can (if I'm not mistaken) cause pairing problems on a pentium if the %ax 
register is replaced with a constant (and the operand reversed of
course).

Bill
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