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Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1998 16:25:25 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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To: Neil Walker <neil DOT walker AT syntegra DOT bt DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: assembler switches
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Neil Walker wrote:
> 
> Can anyone help with the following problems as I'm new to DJGPP and
> cannot seem to find the required help in INFO:
> 
> 1. How to set the compiler to allow 286 specific commands, e.g. shl di,6
>    (in borland C it was done with the -1 option, e.g. gcc -1 file.c)

It always generates at least 386 code, so that's not relevant.  It can
generate code for various post-386 models with the -march option; see
the GCC docs.  (Though beware that at least -march=ppro is buggy.)

> 2. Syntax to allow inline assembly - I assumed it would be 'asm', e.g.
>     asm     mov dx,3DAh

This is a rather complicated issue; the syntax is very different.  See
FAQ section 18.13.

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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com