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Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2005 22:31:09 +0100
From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@FreeBSD-uk.eu.org>
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Subject: Register usage for pointer access
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Other than the fact that scanning, moving, and so on use esi as the source
register and edi as the destination, is there are other reason to use one
over the other for general pointer use?

jm
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