Re: [PATCH] APM support doesn't compile with binutils 2.8.1.0.24
H. J. Lu (hjl@freya.yggdrasil.com)
Wed, 25 Mar 1998 12:23:11 -0800 (PST)
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> > On Wed, 25 Mar 1998, H. J. Lu wrote:
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> > > I double checked my Intel reference manual. As I understand,
> > > cs/ds/es/fs/gs/ss are all 16-bit registers. The old gas is wrong.
> > > There are no valid opcodes for pushl/popl. It will only cause
> > > confusion since pushl/popl mean change esp by 4 bytes.
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> > But that is what it is _supposed_ to do. "pushl" _will_ change %esp by 4
> > bytes. The fact that %ds is a 16-bit register is immaterial.
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> I see.
After I doule checked with my Intel manual, I don't think it
is true. Can you show me an example with opcodes for "pushl %ds"
and %esp is changed by 4 bytes?
H.J.
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