On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 18:13:43 +0000 chungwei Hsiung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello.. > I have a simple question, but I am not sure what the answer is. If > anyone can possibly help me, it is really appreciated. I compile a > test C file. I notice there are a few lines at the beginning of the > assembly code. I want to know what it means, but can't figure out > one of them. Can anyone tell me what the following line does please? > > and $0xfffffff0,%esp > > best regards > Chungwei Hi Chungwei, I believe that instruction is used to align the stack pointer to a 16-byte boundary, for efficiency. However, this is just a guess, based on some discussions I've seen. I don't know for certain. You may have better luck asking on [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Chris _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
