x86 32 bit register write

Xin Tong <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.emulators.bochs.devel
Message-ID <CALKntY1HcwUP+vu51QWQQgSeUNfdo+h=fCNPAyAT2etGW5JFOA@mail.gmail.com>
does 32bit register write clobber the upper half of the 64 bit
register as well in x86. it seems that it does BX_WRITE_32BIT_REGZ
defined as writing 64bits and no BX_WRITE_32BIT_REG is defined.

what about 16 bit write, does it clobber the bits above as well ?

Xin

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