GCC4 x86_64 pushfl / pop %eax inline asm ?

[Darryl Miles]

Ian Lance Taylor wrote:
> Darryl Miles <darryl-mailinglists@netbauds.net> writes:
> 
>> test.s:2287: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `pushf'
>> test.s:2288: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `pop'
> 
> Those errors are coming from the assembler.  This is an assembler
> issue, not a gcc issue.

Sorry yes, I meant assembler, hence the use of .s files.


> This one happens to be simple: the x86_64 does not have a pushfl
> instruction.  Read the fine manual.  The x86_64 does have a pushfq
> instruction.

Ah, I was not aware of that, I'm porting existing code and was expecting 
the same instructions to exist.  Thanks for his pointer I have now got 
my code to compile again for both targets.

Thanks for your help!

Darryl