From:	"John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: push %eax, %ebx instead of pusha
Date:	Tue, 17 Feb 1998 18:46:19 -0500
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leger_v AT bluewin DOT ch wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry but I don't use the inline assembly.
> So here's my question :
> How could I push not all the registers but only one or two.
> I'd like to use "push %eax, %ebx" but it doesn't work.
> Should I put "pushl" or "pushw". I don't know. (sorry for this silly
> question)
> but please help me thanx.

Issue one push instruction per register that you want to move to the
stack.  You must pop them in reverse order once finished.  If you are
using gcc's extended inline assembly, you can tell it which registers
you use and gcc will automatically decide if they need to be saved.

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