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Re: Delay slot in PowerISA?

From Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org>
Newsgroups linux.debian.ports.powerpc, linux.debian.project
Subject Re: Delay slot in PowerISA?
Date 2026-01-14 08:50 +0100
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[ Cc d-project, as this was missuse of resources ]

On Tue, Jan 13, 2026 at 02:56:48PM -0800, Felix Lechner wrote:
> When I searched for "powerpc64 delay slot" today, the SearchAssist
> bubble on DuckDuckGo called delay slots are a "feature" on PowerPC.  The
> full text is at the bottom of this message.

What the heck is "SearchAssist"?  Oh, this is AI-slop!

> Personally, I remain uncertain because sample code in a presentation
> from 2014 has 'nop' instructions after the 'bl' instructions. [3] Does
> the PowerPC architecture have delay slots, please?

No, PowerPC does not have any branch delay slots.

> Please copy me on your reply.  I do not subscribe to this list.  Thanks!

Why the heck do you consider it a good use of our time to chase ghosts?

Regards,
Bastian

-- 
	"Beauty is transitory."
	"Beauty survives."
		-- Spock and Kirk, "That Which Survives", stardate unknown

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Re: Delay slot in PowerISA? Bastian Blank <waldi@debian.org> - 2026-01-14 08:50 +0100
  On publicly shaming people (was "Delay slot in PowerISA?") Antonio Terceiro <terceiro@debian.org> - 2026-01-14 12:00 +0100
    Re: On publicly shaming people (was "Delay slot in PowerISA?") Tiago Bortoletto Vaz <tiago@debian.org> - 2026-01-14 17:30 +0100
    Re: On publicly shaming people (was "Delay slot in PowerISA?") Richard Lewis <richard.lewis.debian@googlemail.com> - 2026-01-14 22:30 +0100
      Re: On publicly shaming people (was "Delay slot in PowerISA?") Matthias Geiger <werdahias@riseup.net> - 2026-01-15 02:00 +0100
        On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 16:00 +0100
          Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) "Sylvain L. Sauvage" <sylvain.l.sauvage@free.fr> - 2026-01-15 16:20 +0100
            Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 17:10 +0100
              Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) "Sylvain L. Sauvage" <sylvain.l.sauvage@free.fr> - 2026-01-15 18:00 +0100
                Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 20:50 +0100
            Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Jeremy Stanley <fungi@yuggoth.org> - 2026-01-15 17:40 +0100
          Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Marc Haber <mh+debian-project@zugschlus.de> - 2026-01-15 19:10 +0100
          Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 20:40 +0100
            Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Ansgar 🙀 <ansgar@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 21:20 +0100
              Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Dominik George <natureshadow@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 22:20 +0100
            Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Lucas Nussbaum <lucas@debian.org> - 2026-01-15 21:40 +0100
            Re: On rejecting LLM-based contributions (Was: On publicly shaming people) Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org> - 2026-01-16 12:00 +0100
  Re: Delay slot in PowerISA? Felix Lechner <felix.lechner@lease-up.com> - 2026-03-29 23:10 +0200

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