Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Thu, 4 Sep 2003 14:32:08 +0200 | From | Antonio Vargas <> | Subject | Re: nasm over gas? |
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On Thu, Sep 04, 2003 at 12:42:45PM +0200, Fruhwirth Clemens wrote: > Hi! > > I recently posted a module for twofish which implements the algorithm in > assembler (http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=106210815132365&w=2) > > Unfortunately the assembler used is masm. I'd like to change that. Netwide > Assembler (nasm) is the assembler of my choice since it focuses on > portablity and has a more powerful macro facility (macros are heavily used > by 2fish_86.asm). But as I'd like to make my work useful (aim for an > inclusion in the kernel) I noticed that this would be the first module to > depend on nasm. Everything else uses gas. > > So the question is: Is a patch which depends on nasm likely to be merged? > > For more information on "what is nasm": > http://nasm.sourceforge.net/doc/html/nasmdoc1.html#section-1.1
nasm is i386-only.
gas is part of binutils and supports lots of target CPUs: I think the first part of a new gcc architecture backend is the machines description so that gas can assemble code for it.
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