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From: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@ref.tfs.com>
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Subject: Re: 2.0.5-A: Very disheartening?
To: terry@cs.weber.edu (Terry Lambert)
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 1995 20:31:14 -0700 (PDT)
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In-Reply-To: <9506080316.AA17275@cs.weber.edu> from "Terry Lambert" at Jun 7, 95 09:16:43 pm
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> > > Not necessarily true.  Try adding (peeks at his Undocumented PC) 32 NOP's
> > > before the jump and see if the problem goes away.
> > It's a far jump...
> 
> Try it to humor me?  Have anything else to try that you are more confident

Terry, you may be unfamiliar with x86 terminology.  All I tried to say
was that the transfer to the uncompressed code was a "far jump" which 
until now has always flushed the prefetch.  You only need to bother
with the prefetch queue if you modify instructions in you close
neighborhood.

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Just that: dried leaves in boiling water ?