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Re: 16-bit i386 code support in GAS

> 
> (Sorry if this isn't the right place to ask this question;
> I couldn't find any better address in the GAS documentation...)
> 
> How difficult would it be to add a feature to the i386 version
> of GAS to allow it to generate 16-bit i386 code?  It seems like
> it should be a trivial change - just add a directive that inverts
> the decision of whether or not to add size prefixes to each
> instruction, right?  Such a feature would make it possible to
> avoid the icky old inverted-syntax, non-cross-compiling as86 and
> ld86 programs for writing boot-related code in Mach (Hurd/Lites)
> and Linux.
> 
> So, could someone either add this feature, or point me to the
> right parts of gas-i386 so I can do it myself, or tell me why
> it isn't so simple?
> 

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