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From: anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl)
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mitchalsup@aol.com (MitchAlsup1) writes:
>My 66000 needs no retpolnes for external calls/returns or for
>SVCs and SVRs.

Retpolines are used for performing indirect branches without
activating the indirect-branch predictor.

- anton
-- 
'Anyone trying for "industrial quality" ISA should avoid undefined behavior.'
  Mitch Alsup, <c17fcd89-f024-40e7-a594-88a85ac10d20o@googlegroups.com>