Re: [PATCH RFC 3/6] Use %gs as the PDA base-segment in the kernel.

Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2006-08-27T23:38:41Z

Andi Kleen wrote:
>>> movl is recommended in 32bit mode
>>>
>>>
>> arch/i386/kernel/entry.S: Assembler messages:
>> arch/i386/kernel/entry.S:334: Error: suffix or operands invalid for `mov'
>>
>
> Looks like a gas bug to me.
>

Well, it generates the 32-bit form of the instruction (no 0x66 prefix)
anyway.

J