Date: Sat, 06 May 2000 01:09:42 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/sys/boot/i386/boot0 boot0.m4 boot0.s Message-ID: <200005060509.BAA19254@server.baldwin.cx> In-Reply-To: <xzp4s8dcajq.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no>
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On 05-May-00 Dag-Erling Smorgrav wrote: > John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> writes: >> [...] Unfortunately, due to as(1) brokenness, we still use m4 >> macros for all 16-bit addresses, and all short jumps (i.e., 8-bit >> relative addresses in the jump instruction) must be wrapped in .code32 >> directives to avoid useless bloat by as(1). > > Any hope of seeing gas fixed to handle this properly? Or is that a > feature? Well, I tried to look at the gas source today to see why it was doing this but my eyes kept crossing. :P I'll try again when my finals are over and if that doesn't work I'll just hassle the binutils people until they fix it. > DES > -- > Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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