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From: hyc@hanauma.jpl.nasa.gov (Howard Chu)
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Subject: Re: gcc.
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Date: 19 Mar 91 02:49:50 GMT
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In article <47880@nigel.ee.udel.edu> lalonde@torolab2.vnet.ibm.com (Glen Lalonde) writes:
>I am looking for the gcc-as(gas) doc, if you know of a site which has
>archive mail server access and the doc please let me know.

>I tried to compile the Mac Minix mm with gcc, since mm is the smallest
>of the three OS parts. There is a two line assembler routine in head.s
>that was unresolved with I tried to bind. Thus I need to convert the
>macminix head.s to gcc-as format so I can get a gcc based .o to bind
>with. I don't think one would have any trouble compiling the fs though.
>For the kernel one would need to convert crtso.s to gcc-as format since
>it has a few mac hacks in it. Thus I need the gcc-as doc.

You could have found enough to work with in less time than it took to
post your article. Just compile a C file with the "-S" option to produce
assembler source code instead of object code. The format is pretty simple
to understand after you've seen an example.
-- 
  -- Howard Chu @ Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA
	Disclaimer: How would I know, I just got here!