Messages in this thread |  | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: Where is it written? | Date | Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:11:37 -0500 (EST) |
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Michael Meissner writes:
> It may be out of print by now, but the original reference > for the x86 ABI, is the: > > System V Application Binary Interface > Intel386 (tm) Processor Supplement > > When Cygnus purchased the manual I have, many moons ago, > it was published by AT&T, with a copyright date of 1991,
Gee that looks old. Might there be better calling conventions for the Pentium 4 or Athlon? Memory latency, vector registers, and more direct access to floating-point registers may mean we ought to change the calling conventions. One would start with the kernel of course, because it stands alone.
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