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Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace

From Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace
Date 2015-08-03 13:10 +0200
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On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 11:08:07AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> For those of us suffering OCDs and all, its a good change though. The
> alfabet song does go: A, B, C, D etc.. after all. Not: A, C, D, B ...

... except that x86 encoding orders regs like it was originally: AX,
CX, DX, BX, ... Don't ask me why - looks like someone thought that the
C (count) and D (double precision - AX extension) registers were more
important than B (base).

Or someone was simply illiterate.

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Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

ECO tip #101: Trim your mails when you reply.
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[PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> - 2015-08-03 10:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-08-03 11:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> - 2015-08-03 11:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@linux.intel.com> - 2015-08-03 11:50 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> - 2015-08-04 03:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> - 2015-08-03 13:10 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] x86: Clean up files of Intel Processor Trace Takao Indoh <indou.takao@jp.fujitsu.com> - 2015-08-04 03:20 +0200

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