> >> dcbt r0,r8,0b01010 /* GO */
> >> .machine pop
> >
> > Jimi, are you using an "old" binutils from before my patch that
> > changed the operand order for these types of instructions?
> >
> > http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2009-02/msg00044.html
>
> Actually, this confused me as well, that embedded has the same
> instruction encoding but different mnemonic.
That it utterly horrid!
> I was under the impression that the assembler made no instruction decisions
> based on CPU.
> So your only hint would be that '0b' prefix.
> Does AS even see that?
Or maybe see the 'r' prefix.
I know they tend to be absent making ppc asm even more unreadable.
It isn't as though the mnemonics were designed at a time when
the source file size or difference in decode time (or code space)
would be significant.
Otherwise it is a complete recipe for disaster.
David
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