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SubjectRe: nasm over gas?
fruhwirth clemens wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I recently posted a module for twofish which implements the algorithm in
> assembler (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=106210815132365&w=2)
>
> Unfortunately the assembler used is masm. I'd like to change that. Netwide
> Assembler (nasm) is the assembler of my choice since it focuses on
> portablity and has a more powerful macro facility (macros are heavily used
> by 2fish_86.asm). But as I'd like to make my work useful (aim for an
> inclusion in the kernel) I noticed that this would be the first module to
> depend on nasm. Everything else uses gas.
>

Check those archive about the boot code rewrite.

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9908.0/0107.html
http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9908.1/0083.html

http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9907.3/0960.html

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Yann Droneaud <yann.droneaud@mbda.fr>
<ydroneaud@meuh.eu.org> <meuh@tuxfamily.org>

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