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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mira.net.au!vic.news.telstra.net!act.news.telstra.net!psgrain!newsfeed.internetmci.com!info.ucla.edu!nnrp.info.ucla.edu!news.bc.net!nntp.portal.ca!van-bc!n1van.istar!van.istar!west.istar!ott.istar!istar.net!n3ott.istar!news.comnet.ca!tomqnx.tomqnx.com!tom From: tom@tomqnx.tomqnx.com (Tom Torrance at home) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: GNU assembler Date: 18 Jul 1996 20:48:54 GMT Organization: Comnet Communications Lines: 24 Message-ID: <4sm7vm$lub@executor.comnet.ca> References: <31ED89D2.41C6@raleigh.ibm.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.206.213.103 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Tony Rynan (rynan@raleigh.ibm.com) wrote: : Hi All, : I am currently punishing myself and doing a X86 assembler course : at University. The course requirement is any X86 assembler but : Borlan C++/TASM is recommended. I would prefer to use the GNU "as" : in FreeBSD but I am having some troubles getting the assembler and : loader to produce a working binary. : I have created a file called fred.s that contains a single nop. : I run "as -o stuff fred.s" and then "ld stuff". An a.out is produced : that automagically core dumps (segmentation violation). : Can anyone give me a few clues (or examples) on how to write and : compile a piece of assembler ???? This sounds like a very bad idea (no offense intended). Any Assembler Course is largely about how to communicate with the underlying OS. If you have problems, your TA will not be able to help you... -- tom@tomqnx.com Tom Torrance 27 Dayton Cr., Nepean Ont., Canada K2H 7N8 My opinions are personal, and not those of my employer.