Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 13 Oct 1999 18:26:02 +0930 (CST) | From | Alan Modra <> | Subject | Re: PATCH - assembler glitches |
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On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, Horst von Brand wrote:
> Brian Gerst <bgerst@quark.vpplus.com> said: > > Using movw with the segment registers, while logically correct, causes > > gas to produce size prefix opcodes. Since the segment registers are > > always 16-bit, these prefixes are redundant. Using movl tricks gas into > > not producing them.
Strictly speaking, the prefix is only redundant when moving *to* a segment register.
> Which versions of gas have that particular bug?
It was fixed in the Cygnus sources in June 1998.
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