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x86: Consider swapping REX.W and 06 in capability mode #115

Open bsdjhb opened 1 year ago

bsdjhb commented 1 year ago

If operations using other REX bits (for r8-r15) use capability operands more than 64-bit operands in capability mode, then we could redefine REX.W to indicate capability-wide operations and use 06 for 64-bit operations. Probably worth adding a note about this in the rationale section of the x86 chapter.