Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 03 Aug 1999 09:30:09 -0700 | From | "H. Peter Anvin" <> | Subject | Re: Boot code rewritten for GAS |
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Christer Weinigel wrote: > > H. Peter Anvin wrote: > >> I'd say you guessed why this keeps getting ignored. (I have > binutils > >> 2.8.1.0.1 right now.) You could submit the patch again in a few > years. > >> > >> Another reason: People who can write 16-bit x86 assembly are likely > >> to > >> be ex-DOS hackers with MASM and TASM experience. To them, gas > >> syntax > >> may be hard to use. > > > >Indeed. NASM would be a better choice than either gas or as86. > > The big problem I have with NASM is the license, if it hasn't been > updated lately there is still a problem with it being shipped with a > distribution such as RedHat: > > Charging a fee for the Software is prohibited, although a fee > may be charged for the act of transferring a copy, and you can > offer warranty protection and charge a fee for that.
It was changed in 0.98.
> Other than that, for me the as86/ld86 combo works and the code is > almost never changed, adding a dependency on a new tool (i.e. NASM or > a newer binutils) seems like a lot of trouble for almost no gain.
Actually, the code is changed fairly regularly.
-hpa
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