Re: suffix or operands invalid for

["Hendrik Visage" <hvjunk@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/22/06, Kenton Brede <kbrede@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks to both of you for your replies.  You've helped me identify the
> problem.  I'm trying to assemble the code on an x86_64 system.  I
> tried the code using two identical versions of as, except one was 64
> bit and the other 32.  The assembly code assembled fine on the 32 bit.
>
> So I don't know if the code simply doesn't work with the 64 bit CPU or
> the language of the program doesn't work with the 64 bit assembler.

The longmode/64bit mode of the AMD64s doesn't do pushing of
32bits only 8 and 64bits AFAIR. I'll have to investigate myself why/what
the technical reasoning behind that is/was but it's currently for me
JustOneOfThoseThingsInLife(TM) ;^)

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Hendrik Visage
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