Alex Tsariounov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > When compiling the attached code on i386, the compilers seems to > generate an illegal intermediate assembly file that fails to assemble > with following messages: > > [type2:lttk]$ gcc -o syscall_time syscall_time.c > /tmp/cc3VnwUh.s: Assembler messages: > /tmp/cc3VnwUh.s:118: Error: invalid character '=' in operand 1
Well, that's because you provide this asm: > #define mTICKNOW(T) __asm__ __volatile__("mov %0=ar.itc" : "=r"(T) :: > "memory"); and gcc happily inserts %eax for %0, leading to the invalid assembly mov %eax=ar.itc Could you elaborate on why you think this is a bug in gcc? -- Falk