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Subject: Re: Accessing local variables from an asm block
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 1998 18:38:55 GMT
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On Sat, 17 Oct 1998 04:10:07 +0100 (BST), George Foot
<george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk> wrote:

>> As the subject says, what's the syntax for accessing local variables
>> (and function parameters) from within an asm block?

>Use `extended' inline assembler:
>
>    asm ("movl %0, %1"
>       : "=r" (variable_to_copy_to)
>       : "r" (variable_to_copy_from)
>    );

I know I could use the extended asm, but I'd like to be able to access
a variable at any point of the asm block, not just at the beginning.
Can I?