Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: What are .s files in arch/i386/boot | From | Sean Neakums <> | Date | Sat, 07 Jun 2003 20:32:30 +0100 |
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James Stevenson <james@stev.org> writes:
>> > > What are .s files in arch/i386/boot, are they c sources of some sort? >> > > Where can I find the specifications documents they were made from? >> > >> > There are not c files. >> > They are assembler files >> > >> > Try running gcc on a c file with the -S option >> > it will generate the same then you can tweak the >> > assembler produced to make it faster. >> > >> Where can I find the .c files they were made from, >> and the spec sheets the .c files were made from? > > You would have to find the original author of the person > who tweaks the assembler in the .s file chances are the .c > file is long gone though.
If there were ever C files to begin with. It's not unheard-of for people to write assembler code from scratch.
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