From: Blaine Hodge <bhodge AT gpu DOT srv DOT ualberta DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: NASM and DJGPP
Date: Sat, 23 May 1998 01:15:26 -0600
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Just an observation, but doesn't -fomit-frame-pointer cause the compiler
to use ebp at it's discretion?  The only side effect is you can't use
the GBU debugger and profiler.  So, -fomit-frame-pointer should allow
you to work with ebp, but I can't be sure of that.

Blaine

Nate Eldredge wrote:
> 
> At 11:45  5/22/1998 -0700, Steven S. Falls wrote:
> >    In DJGPP asm I can make functions with ebp being used as a general
> >register but In nasm when I use it it get a gpf. why?
> 
> ebp has to be the frame pointer for GCC-compiled code. Your NASM code will
> have to save and restore it. Why it worked before, I don't know, unless you
> just got lucky.
> 
> Nate Eldredge
> nate AT cartsys DOT com

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