ASM nop

[James Dunne]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Bruno Medeiros" <brunodomedeirosATgmail at SPAM.com> wrote in message 
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> 
> 
>>What are those NOPs for, if I may ask?
> 
> 
> Usually for alignment, so that the instructions pair better in the pipeline, 
> though three nops in a row seems kind of odd, unless that's some kind of 
> technique I've never seen before. 
> 
> 

A MOV reg, reg instruction is encoded as a single byte, so to pad it 
gets three NOPs.  Correct me if mistaken!

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Regards,
James Dunne