Messages in this thread | | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: Boot code rewritten for GAS | Date | 2 Aug 1999 01:22:49 GMT |
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Followup to: <199908011534.LAA07582@jupiter.cs.uml.edu> By author: "Albert D. Cahalan" <acahalan@cs.uml.edu> In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel > > I'd say you guessed why this keeps getting ignored. (I have binutils > 2.8.1.0.1 right now.) You could submit the patch again in a few years. > > Another reason: People who can write 16-bit x86 assembly are likely to > be ex-DOS hackers with MASM and TASM experience. To them, gas syntax > may be hard to use. >
Indeed. NASM would be a better choice than either gas or as86.
-hpa -- "The user's computer downloads the ActiveX code and simulates a 'Blue Screen' crash, a generally benign event most users are familiar with and that would not necessarily arouse suspicions." -- Security exploit description on http://www.zks.net/p3/how.asp
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