Date:	Tue, 06 Mar 2001 22:15:32 +0200
From:	"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Dylan Trotter" <heavier AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject:	Re: Calling convention
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> From: "Dylan Trotter" <heavier AT hotmail DOT com>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 16:22:50 GMT
> 
> I am writing some NASM functions to be linked with ld, but I'm not sure what
> the calling convention is with regard to changed registers. Do I have to
> save all registers inside a function or a subset of them, or does the caller
> have to worry about that?

You need to save some of them.  Section 17.4 of the DJGPP FAQ list has
all the details.

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