+
+/* A macro to extract the prefix word from an 8-byte PREFIX instruction. */
+#define PPC_GET_PREFIX(i) (((i) >> 32) & ((1LL << 32) - 1))
+
+/* A macro to extract the suffix word from an 8-byte PREFIX instruction. */
+#define PPC_GET_SUFFIX(i) ((i) & ((1LL << 32) - 1))
+
+/* A macro to determine whether insn I is an 8-byte prefix instruction. */
+#define PPC_PREFIX_P(i) (PPC_OP (PPC_GET_PREFIX (i)) == 0x1)
+
+/* A macro used to hash 8-byte PREFIX instructions. */
+#define PPC_PREFIX_SEG(i) (PPC_OP (i) >> 1)
+