[Info-vax] VMS port to x86

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In article <L5udnSn0D5xUNPbSnZ2dnUVZ_qidnZ2d at earthlink.com>, "John Reagan" <johnrreagan at earthlink.net> writes:
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>"Bob Koehler"  wrote in message 
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>>  How many instructions in lib$insqXi on IA64?
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>The code checks for operand alignment, raises to IPL 14, disables 
>interrupts, uses the 'tak' instruction (an esoteric Itanium instruction to 
>look in translation buffers and page tables), locks the header, probes the 
>header, probes the predecessor, restores interrupts, lowers IPL, checks for 
>pending ASTs, etc.
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>I counted 60 bundles in the best case but there are retry paths if the 'tak' 
>fails, etc.

That's the count in LIB$INSQxI?  Or, the {SYS/EXE}$PAL_INSQxI?  I suppose I
could just count them for myself.

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