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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:48:28 -0800
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@redhat.com>
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To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Intel P6 vs P7 system call performance
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Alan Cox wrote:

> Is there any reason you can't just keep the linker out of the entire
> mess by generating
> 
> 	.byte whatever
> 	.dword 0xFFFF0000
> 
> instead of call ?

There is no such instruction.  Unless you know about some secret
undocumented opcode...

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