From:	"GiLbI" <GiLbI AT ngi DOT it>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	rep
Date:	Sat, 25 Mar 2000 17:53:33 +0100
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I'm porting some programs in asm from intel to AT&T
and I cannot execute the rep instruction correctly

the code is:
mov ecx,153600
mov eax,0h
repnz stosd

and i've converted in
movl $153600,%ecx
movl $0,%eax
stosl repnz

why if i write repxx at the beginning of statement it isn't correct?
(repnz stosl  -> error)
and why "stosl repnz" repeat 1 times instead 153600?
code converted with ta2as is "rep: stosl", but always the iterations are
only one.

Thank

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