[PATCH] x86: support further AMD Zen6 instructions

Project / Subsystem

binutils / x86

Date

2026-09-01

Proposer

Rohan Shenoy <RohanRadhesh.Shenoy@amd.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Ready to Land

Sentiment

8/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • • Adding new instruction support requires updates across multiple assembler components.
  • • Ensuring correct documentation and testing for new features.

All attributes

project
binutils
subsystem
x86
patch_id
—
discussion_id
20260901091530.3755450-1-RohanRadhesh.Shenoy@amd.com
source_type
public_inbox
title
[PATCH] x86: support further AMD Zen6 instructions
headline
x86: support further AMD Zen6 instructions
tldr
Adds support for RMPOPT and RMPCHKD instructions and enables FRED on AMD Zen6.
proposer
Rohan Shenoy <RohanRadhesh.Shenoy@amd.com>
consensus
Ready to Land
outcome
ready
sentiment_score
8
technical_tradeoffs
  • • Adding new instruction support requires updates across multiple assembler components.
  • • Ensuring correct documentation and testing for new features.
series_id
—
series_role
standalone
series_parts
[]
tags
  • • binutils
  • • gas
  • • x86
  • • amd
  • • assembly
bugzilla_url
—
date
2026-09-01T00:00:00.000Z

[PATCH] x86: support further AMD Zen6 instructions

This patch introduces support for two new x86 instructions, RMPOPT and RMPCHKD, and enables the FRED feature for the AMD Zen6 microarchitecture in the GNU Assembler (gas). The changes involve updates to assembler configuration, documentation, and test suite files.