Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 4 Sep 2003 10:05:19 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Richard B. Johnson" <> | Subject | Re: nasm over gas? |
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On Thu, 4 Sep 2003, Yann Droneaud wrote:
> 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. > > > > So the question is: Is a patch which depends on nasm likely to be merged? > > > > I hope no ... > > Some years ago, we converted the only part of the kernel that used as86 > to GNU as: see arch/i386/boot. I think this was an improvement. > Using nasm for only one small piece of code would be a regression, imho. > > Regards. > > PS: GCC pass .S assembler source files through cpp, so you get macros > expanding. >
GAS also has macro capability. It's just "strange". However, it does everything MASM (/ducks/) can do. It's just strange, backwards, etc. It takes some getting used to.
If you decide to use gcc as a preprocessor, you can't use comments, NotGood(tm) because the "#" and some stuff after it gets "interpreted" by cpp.
Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.22 on an i686 machine (794.73 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction.
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