Re: [Qemu-devel] [4514] convert remaining segment handling to TCG

[Avi Kivity]

Fabrice Bellard wrote:
> > Does qemu generate different code when the segment bases are zero?  
> > The segment base additions can be trivially avoided in this case.
>
> Yes, but only when DS, ES and SS have zero bases.

Sure, that's the common case.

On a slightly different subject, are you considering improving tcg 
optimization?  It can even be made dynamic, with aggressive optimization 
only kicking in if a block has been executed a large number of times.

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