Re: 2.3.25 bootsect.c dose not compile

Peter Samuelson (peter@wire.cadcamlab.org)
Wed, 3 Nov 1999 05:18:05 -0600 (CST)


[david]
> also why can we not use NASM or the like then we would get nice
> looking asm code ?

Nice looking to whom? The i386 boot code was the *only* place in the
kernel that didn't use AT&T syntax. Now the whole kernel does.
Believe me, AT&T syntax looks just as nice as Intel syntax if you're
used to it, and most kernel hackers are....

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Peter Samuelson
<sampo.creighton.edu!psamuels>

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