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SubjectRe: Boot code rewritten for GAS
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"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@transmeta.com> said:
> Horst von Brand wrote:
> > hpa@transmeta.com (H. Peter Anvin) said:

[...]

> > > Indeed. NASM would be a better choice than either gas or as86.

> > AT&T syntax is used in the rest of the kernel, and using plain gas means
> > one tool less needed to build a kernel. Why would NASM be better then?

> 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.

To me the intel syntax is completely unreadable. But then again I grew up
on 6502 (Apple ][+), and later dabbled in DEC-10, VAX-11 (BSD) and a few
others, then worked a bit with 8086 under DOS. Never got to wrap my brain
around intel's syntax, even though it is the one I've used most.

> There aren't that many parts of the kernel containing sizable chunks of
> assembly code.

So the pain is limited, and restricted to a part of the kernel that rarely
changes... better keep it consistent in that case. IMVHO.
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Dr. Horst H. von Brand mailto:vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl
Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431
Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239
Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513

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