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    SubjectRe: Boot code rewritten for GAS
    On Mon, Aug 02, 1999 at 02:39:21AM -0700, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
    > Because AT&T syntax is incredibly hard to read (especially for the
    > complex addressing modes), and even though gas finally supports other
    > than 32-bit flat modes, the support is at the very best half-hearted.
    >
    > There aren't that many parts of the kernel containing sizable chunks of
    > assembly code.

    And what about using nasm ? It's free and can produce wide range of object
    files. But is supports only i386 assembly afaik.

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