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Subject: Re: An Opteron note

Author: Robert Hyatt

Date: 10:51:40 11/27/03

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On November 27, 2003 at 03:12:03, Eiko Bleicher wrote:

>>I have been converting the X86.s file to work in 64 bit mode on the Opteron
>>system I am playing with.  And I must say that after studying the Opteron
>>64 bit instruction set, I'm impressed.
>
>This is nice to read. I think about buying an Opteron based system in some time
>when a real Windows version uses it correctly.
>
>As you normally prefer Intel over AMD, the fact that you like the Opteron makes
>it a must-buy :-))
>
>Are there any new instructions that an Athlon doesn't feature?

I don't know, yet.  I'm just getting into this, remember, so it will take
some time.  But everything (asm) I have tried so far works just fine,
including things like bsf/bsr, lea, etc...

(by works so far I mean with 64 bit operands).


>
>Regards,
>Eiko



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