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From: Hermann Schinagl <schinagl AT pe DOT avl DOT co DOT at>
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Subject: Re: Inline ASM and variable
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:55:32 +0100
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Sengan DOT Short AT durham DOT ac DOT uk wrote:
> > >void foo(int x) {
> > >  __asm__ __volatile__ ("
> > >    movl _x, %%eax"
> > >    :
> > >    :
> > >    :"eax" );
> > >}
> 
> I would think that's because your x parameter is not a static location in
> memory but a place on the stack, but _x refers to a static location in memory.
> (ie if you had static int x; it would work) Thus, gas assembles it wrong.

For sure thats the reason. x has to be static. BUT if I want to access local
variables, which are *not* global to the program, how do I realise that!!!!