Date:	Thu, 13 Nov 1997 19:12:23 +0200 (IST)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To:	Johan Levin <johan AT technologist DOT com>
cc:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: GAS segment override
In-Reply-To:	<3468BBBC.1220@technologist.com>
Message-ID:	<Pine.SUN.3.91.971113191042.24843A-100000@is>
MIME-Version:	1.0

On Tue, 11 Nov 1997, Johan Levin wrote:

> Allegro does it this way:
> 	.byte 0x2e
> 	movw	___djgpp_ds_alias, %ax
> 
> But I'd like a neater wayt than to use '.byte'.
> '.byte' looks like a temporary solution.

It's not temporary, it *is* the solution.  See section 17.2 of the DJGPP 
FAQ list (v2/faq210b.zip), it explicitely tells you to do it the Allegro 
way (unless you want to get in trouble).

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