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Narue · Nov 23rd, 2006, 9:38 AM

>Is the 'movl' instruction specific to GAS?
It's specific to assemblers with AT&T syntax. The l is a size suffix that tells you you're working with dwords. To change the size, you change the suffix (b, w, l, q for byte, word, dword, and qword).

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Nov 23rd, 2006, 9:38 AM	#5
Narue Professional Programmer Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 419 Rep Power: 4	>Is the 'movl' instruction specific to GAS? It's specific to assemblers with AT&T syntax. The l is a size suffix that tells you you're working with dwords. To change the size, you change the suffix (b, w, l, q for byte, word, dword, and qword). [edit: gah, beaten] __________________ Even if the voices aren't real, they have some pretty good ideas.