Re: [patch 14/24] Immediate Values - x86 Optimization

From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:56:30 -0800

This patch is modified by another patch in the sequence. This feels needlessly confusing when reviewing (especially since the comment doesn't look to match the code, e.g. w.r.t to "Q" and "R" constraints); can you reorder the patchset to avoid that?

-hpa
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