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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
+ *
+ * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ * under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 only, as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This code is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+ * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+ * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License
+ * version 2 for more details (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that
+ * accompanied this code).
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License version
+ * 2 along with this work; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
+ * Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+ *
+ * Please contact Oracle, 500 Oracle Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065 USA
+ * or visit www.oracle.com if you need additional information or have any
+ * questions.
+ */
+package com.sun.max.asm.ppc.complete;
+
+import com.sun.max.asm.*;
+
+/**
+ * The base class for the 32-bit and 64-bit PowerPC assemblers. This class also defines
+ * the more complex synthetic PowerPC instructions.
+ */
+public abstract class PPCAssembler extends PPCLabelAssembler {
+
+    @Override
+    protected void emitPadding(int numberOfBytes) throws AssemblyException {
+        if ((numberOfBytes % 4) != 0) {
+            throw new AssemblyException("Cannot pad instruction stream with a number of bytes not divisble by 4");
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < numberOfBytes / 4; i++) {
+            nop();
+        }
+    }
+}