Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: bootsect.S changes | Date | Mon, 18 Oct 1999 13:38:34 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> > appropriate tool to assemble Intel mnemonics is one that understands > > Intel. GAS does not. GAS doesn't even know the way Intel assembly > > should be written, i.e., destination operand first. > > IMHO, nasm would have been a much better choice
The point was to reduce the needed toolset. nasm would have increased the size of the toolset and required an app few people have or use
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