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doc: Document DEFAULT BND/NOBND in changes, add use case

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Add DEFAULT BND/NOBND to the change history, and explain the use case.

Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
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@ -50,6 +50,11 @@ This is expected to be most useful for the MPX instructions.
\b Support \c{BND} prefix for branch instructions (for MPX).
\b The \c{DEFAULT} directive can now take \c{BND} and \c{NOBND}
options to indicate whether all relevant branches should be getting
\c{BND} prefixes. This is expected to be the normal for use in MPX
code.
\b Add \c{{evex}}, \c{{vex3}} and \c{{vex2}} instruction prefixes to
have NASM encode the corresponding instruction, if possible, with an EVEX,
3-byte VEX, or 2-byte VEX prefix, respectively.

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@ -4471,6 +4471,9 @@ be used.
\c{DEFAULT NOBND} can disable \c{DEFAULT BND} and then \c{BND} prefix will be
added only when explicitly specified in code.
\c{DEFAULT BND} is expected to be the normal configuration for writing
MPX-enabled code.
\H{section} \i\c{SECTION} or \i\c{SEGMENT}: Changing and \i{Defining
Sections}