OK What is NASM and what can be used for? cheers DS
On Fri, 8 Dec 2017 18:18:23 +0100 Eric Auer <e.a...@jpberlin.de> writes: > > Hi :-) > > Forwarding a post from Rugxulo on BTTR about NASM, plus, > in unrelated news: If CHKDSK reports a pile of CHK files > (you would have to check all contents and rename them to > their old name) then one or more directory listings might > be lost. On FAT32, even the root dir can be affected. It > might be worth trying DOSFSCK instead of CHKDSK, but when > the CHK files already are there, it is probably too late. > DOSFSCK also supports simulating changes before applying. > > If harddisks are in a bad state and you have space: Make > a full disk image and work on copies of it. Then you can > always revert changes until the best repair is reached. > > > > But back to the original topic: A new NASM version is there > and Rugxulo writes the following about that via BTTR forum: > > > > On 29 November 2017, the NASM developers released 2.13.02. > > Home page: http://www.nasm.us/ > > Download: http://www.nasm.us/pub/nasm/releasebuilds/2.13.02/dos/ > > Changelog: http://www.nasm.us/doc/nasmdocc.html > > Partial list of recent changes: > > * Fix false positive in testing of numeric overflows > * Fix generation of PEXTRW instruction > * Fix smartalign package which could trigger an error during > optimization if the alignment code expanded too much due to > optimization of the previous code > * Fix a case where negative value in TIMES directive causes > panic instead of an error > * Always finalize .debug_abbrev section with a null in dwarf > output format > * Fix missing update of global BITS setting if SECTION > directive specified a bit size using output format- > specific extensions (e.g. USE32 for the obj output format) > * Fix the incorrect generation of VEX-encoded instruction when > static mode decorators are specified on scalar instructions, > losing the decorators as they require EVEX encoding > * Option -MW to quote dependency outputs according to Watcom > Make conventions instead of POSIX Make conventions. [...] > * The obj output format now contains embedded dependency file > information, unless disabled with %pragma obj nodepend [...] > * Fix generation of dependency lists > * Fix [...] null pointer reference and memory allocation errors > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user > ******************************************************>>>> >From Dale Sterner - MS organic chemistry http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/jo00975a052 *******************************************************>>>> ____________________________________________________________ We Say Goodbye To Meryl Streep risingstarnewspaper.com http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5a2c0ef03085aeef2e19st04duc ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
