Re: ia64 code addresses

Marcus Thiessel (thiessel@gmx.net)
15 Aug 1999 16:00:02 +0200


acahalan@cs.uml.edu (Albert D. Cahalan) writes:

> I'm in need of a hash function for WCHAN data. On the Alpha, I ought to
> get good results by shifting right by 3 bits and then masking to fit
> the table size. Intel has oddly made instructions 128/3 bits long, so
> I don't really know what to expect.
>
> Are code addresses in terms of bytes?
> Can an instruction act alone or only as part of a group?

Well, the way I understand this that it would depend on the template
bits if each instruction word can be executed independly (in
parallel).

--Marcus

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