--- a/graal/com.oracle.graal.asm.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/asm/amd64/AMD64Address.java	Mon Jun 08 18:47:58 2015 +0200
+++ b/graal/com.oracle.graal.asm.amd64/src/com/oracle/graal/asm/amd64/AMD64Address.java	Mon Jun 08 19:19:45 2015 +0200
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2010, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2010, 2015, 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
@@ -113,6 +113,21 @@
                     return null;
             }
         }
+
+        public static Scale fromShift(int shift) {
+            switch (shift) {
+                case 0:
+                    return Times1;
+                case 1:
+                    return Times2;
+                case 2:
+                    return Times4;
+                case 3:
+                    return Times8;
+                default:
+                    return null;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     @Override