Date:	Thu, 1 Oct 1998 21:41:40 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
X-Sender:	eliz AT is
To:	Neil Walker <neil DOT walker AT syntegra DOT bt DOT co DOT uk>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: assembler switches
In-Reply-To:	<3614151E.3C3E@syntegra.bt.co.uk>
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On Thu, 1 Oct 1998, Neil Walker wrote:

> Can anyone help with the following problems as I'm new to DJGPP and 
> cannot seem to find the required help in INFO:

Please also consider looking in the FAQ (v2/faq211b.zip).

> 1. How to set the compiler to allow 286 specific commands, e.g. shl di,6
>    (in borland C it was done with the -1 option, e.g. gcc -1 file.c)

Use inline assembly.

> 2. Syntax to allow inline assembly - I assumed it would be 'asm', e.g.
>     asm     mov dx,3DAh
> but this does not work (the disallow inline assembly flag is not set)

GCC's inline assembly syntax is *very* different.  Please see section 
18.13 in the FAQ.

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