[PATCH v2 03/13] powerpc sstep: Prepare to support prefixed instructions

2020-02-10 Thread Jordan Niethe
Currently all instructions are a single word long. A future ISA version will include prefixed instructions which have a double word length. The functions used for analysing and emulating instructions need to be modified so that they can handle these new instruction types. A prefixed instruction is

Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] powerpc sstep: Prepare to support prefixed instructions

2020-02-10 Thread Christophe Leroy
Le 11/02/2020 à 06:33, Jordan Niethe a écrit : Currently all instructions are a single word long. A future ISA version will include prefixed instructions which have a double word length. The functions used for analysing and emulating instructions need to be modified so that they can handle the

Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] powerpc sstep: Prepare to support prefixed instructions

2020-02-11 Thread Jordan Niethe
On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 4:57 PM Christophe Leroy wrote: > > > > Le 11/02/2020 à 06:33, Jordan Niethe a écrit : > > Currently all instructions are a single word long. A future ISA version > > will include prefixed instructions which have a double word length. The > > functions used for analysing an