[Info-vax] VMS84*_UPDATE

[Peter 'EPLAN' LANGSTOeGER]

In article <00AAB7BD.AC28B155 at SendSpamHere.ORG>, VAXman-  @SendSpamHere.ORG writes:
>In article <929be20d-b1f1-42bb-8755-3f249badeb1b at q40g2000prh.googlegroups.com>, IanMiller <gxys at uk2.net> writes:
>>There are a couple of MACRO fixes - I thought they could be ones you
>>reported.
>
>Perhaps you're on a different ITRC patch list.  I see 19 and none are for
>Macro.

Yes, as Ian already stated, the Macro fixes are in UPDATE ECO
and haven't been in separate ECOs before.


Not really a MACRO fix (VMS84I_UPDATE-V0400.RELEASE_NOTES)

             5.1.3  Faster memory zeroing using IA64_STF_SPILL_F0 iMACRO

                The IA64_STF_SPILL_F0 is a new iMACRO built-in that
                allows faster memory zeroing by writing 16 bytes
                of memory at a time. In the earlier versions, only
                8 bytes could be zeroed using the EVAX_STQ built-in.
                The IA64_STF_SPILL_F0 built-in provides significant
                performance benefits, especially when zeroing large
                areas of memory.

                Format:
                IA64_STF_SPILL_F0 addr, incr

                where,
                'addr' is the address of the 16-byte memory region
                'incr' is the value by which 'addr' is incremented;
                specifying 0 means no auto-increment.


but these ones are (VMS84I_UPDATE-V0500.RELEASE_NOTES)

        5.2.3   The MOVAQ instruction fails to handle negative numbers

                5.2.3.1  Problem Description:

                The MOVAQ instruction cannot handle negative integers specified
                in decimal format. The MOVAQ instruction considers negative
                integers as large positive integers.

                For example,

                $ type movaq.mar
                    neg = -8
                    xneg = ^xfffffff8
                   .psect  data,rd,wrt
                z: .blkl   10

                   .psect  code,rd,nowrt
                   .entry  start,0

                    MOVAQ xneg+z,r16
                    MOVAQ neg+z,r18
                    ret
                    .end start

                The MOVAQ instruction treats '-8' as a large 64-bit constant
                value, though it handles ^xfffffff8 correctly.

                This problem has been fixed.

                Images Affected:

                - [SYSEXE]MACRO.EXE

                Quix cases reporting this problem:

                None.

                5.2.3.2  Work-arounds:

                None.


        5.2.4   MACRO compiler generates incorrect debugging information

                5.2.4.1  Problem Description:

                MACRO compiler generates incorrect debugging information for
                certain variables. When you try to access these variables,
                the debugger displays an error message.

                This problem has been fixed.

                Images Affected:

                - [SYSEXE]MACRO.EXE

                Quix cases reporting this problem:

                None.

                5.2.4.2  Work-arounds:

                None.


        5.2.5   MACRO INDEX instruction incorrectly generates a trap

                5.2.5.1  Problem Description:

                The MACRO INDEX instruction incorrectly generates a trap
                when the application code uses the same register as both
                input and output register.

                This problem has been fixed.

                Images Affected:

                - [SYSEXE]MACRO.EXE

                Quix cases reporting this problem:

                QXCM1000976996

                5.2.5.2  Work-arounds:

                None.


      o  [SYSEXE]MACRO.EXE (new image)

         Image Identification Information

         Image name: "MACRO"
         image file identification:  "50-120-5-50F9M"
         image file build identification:  "0100000003"
         linker identification:  "Linker I02-37"
         Link Date/Time: 11-OCT-2010 15:18:05.08
         Overall Image Checksum: E70FCB13

But you do checked it yourself already, didn't you?

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