>>>>> "Ken" == Chen, Kenneth W <kenneth.w.chen@xxxxxxxxx> writes: Ken> I thought the x86 acronym was taken straight out of SDM, refer to Ken> CPUID instruction detail there. We should do the same on ia64. Ken> Section 3.1.11 out of SDM volume 1: Ken> field bit description lb 0 long branch (brl) instructions. sd 1 Ken> spontaneous deferral ao 2 16-byte atomic operations rv 63:3 Ken> Reserved. Ken> It's only my wishful thinking. The acronym should be improved a Ken> bit to be more creative and meaningful in its current form. Oh Ken> well. IMHO single words are much nicer to read than strange letter combos. If we take this path, could we at least make sure it gets documented in Documentation/ somewhere? Thanks, Jes - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-ia64" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
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