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|    Robert Prins to Bernhard Schornak    |
|    Re: Converting MMX to XMM [was: XSAVE ar    |
|    18 Sep 18 11:05:31    |
      From: robert@nospicedham.prino.org              On 2018-09-17 20:53, Bernhard Schornak wrote:       > Robert Prins wrote:       >       >       >> Tried x65dbg, and tracing into Windows is OK, XMM's are ok, until I hit a:       >>       >> 74AF2320 | EA 1E27AF74 3300 | jmp far 33:74AF       71E |       >>       >> which doesn't want to be traced, and which comes back with XMM0, yes, set to       >> zero.       >       >       > If your far jump calls a HLL function, XMM0 is a 'volatile'       > register. If you need its content after that function call,       > you have to preserve it prior to the call and restore it on       > re-entry (or use XMM6 ... XMM15).              The far jump jumps into Windows itself, and I would expect an OS not to touch       my       registers.              Robert       --       Robert AH Prins       robert(a)prino(d)org              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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