> Hello,
>
> is there any convention on the registers being used/preserved in an i386
> Linux system call? Can I --for example-- be sure that all registers
> except the ones used for parameter passing are preserved by the call?
>
The last time I looked, registers esi, edi, ebx, and the segment registers
are preserved. All others may be destroyed.
Cheers,
Dick Johnson
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