Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 2 Aug 1999 12:06:05 +0200 | From | Gabor Lenart <> | Subject | Re: Boot code rewritten for GAS |
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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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