Hi Rohan :) On Wed, Sep 7, 2011 at 19:09, rohan puri <rohan.puri15@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Doubt i have is whats the need for 32-bit intel arch to put parameters on > stack and not registers in a way similar to x86_64? well, if you need to pass so many parameters, then x86 32 bit registers can not cope with that. You only have EAX, EBX, ECX, EDX, ESI, EDI as far as I could remember. probably in 64 bit, registers is way more so it's still possible to put them in registers, which is of course the fastest way to access them. -- regards, Mulyadi Santosa Freelance Linux trainer and consultant blog: the-hydra.blogspot.com training: mulyaditraining.blogspot.com _______________________________________________ Kernelnewbies mailing list Kernelnewbies@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.kernelnewbies.org/mailman/listinfo/kernelnewbies
