Re: extended segments on 80386

2021-03-15 Thread Paul Edwards via Gcc
Subject: extended segments on 80386 Would it be possible for GCC to generate code that reserves ESI and EDI as "extended segment" registers to hold a source and destination "extended segment" of any operation. This will be the upper 32-bits of a 64-bit address. When run on

extended segments on 80386

2021-03-15 Thread Paul Edwards via Gcc
Would it be possible for GCC to generate code that reserves ESI and EDI as "extended segment" registers to hold a source and destination "extended segment" of any operation. This will be the upper 32-bits of a 64-bit address. When run on a normal 80386, such code will work fine, and ESI and EDI