Date: Mon, 11 Oct 1999 13:15:43 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: as problem with sections and 8 bit relative addresses
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On Sun, 10 Oct 1999, =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=F6teles_K=E1roly?= wrote:

> 1. in functions put in a section different from ".text"
> 2. in inline asm
> 3. with instructions having 8 bit relative addresses (loop, jcxz)
> The error message comes from the assembler and reads:
> "Error: Value of .... too large for field of 1 bytes at 0x..."

This sounds like a genuine problem (bug/limitation/feature) of
Binutils.  I suggest to post to the gnu.utils.bug news group.  Please
include all the details (Binutils version and a clear test case--make
it as short as you can), because the Binutils maintainer(s) will
request them.