Thank you for your response. On Wed, Oct 7, 2020, 1:45 AM Bob Proulx <b...@proulx.com> wrote:
> Hello Sundar, > > mastercomputerservices 1957 wrote: > > A lot of confusion there.I am opening one page then another page is > coming > > immediately as the same matter with very little difference,that is why I > > am confused regarding binutils.This is first time I am using GNU group > > software.I am a senior citizen and also eye sight is there.That is also > one > > of my mistakes. > > > > Anyhow I am requesting all of you for my mistakes. > > Sorry for the troubles created by me. > > Please pardon me. > > :-) > > Please do not worry further. We are all friends here. And this is > the perfect mailing list for help topics like this. > > > Last one is how to send my problem? Plain text, word document also > > not allowed. Because I know masm32 and visual masm compilers. > > Everytime I am copying and pasting my routines on the masm > > compilers. Please try to educate me. > > On technical mailing lists used by the free(dom) software community > almost everywhere it is always best to use plain text email. The > reason is that we have readers of email of all types. Some are > totally blind. Some are vision impaired. Some are color blind. Some > are young. Some are old. And on and on. The use of plain text makes > it easiest for the reader to be able to read what is written. > > Then simply ask your question. In this case I am not an assembly > language programmer these days. It has been 40 years since I last > wrote an assembly language program! Therefore I have no idea about > the syntax of your example. > > The first thing I would do is read through the GNU as documentation > thoroughly. I don't know but I would hope most syntax questions would > be answered in it. I find the documentation for the current version here. > > https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.35/ > https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.35/as/index.html > > If that doesn't answer the question or if you still have questions and > need clarification then write to the binutils project and ask. The > people on that mailing list are just like the people on this mailing > list. All people that want to help. > > When writing for help let me suggest this. Send a message to > binut...@sourceware.org with something like the following information. > First please say what operating system you are using. And then what > version of the GNU binutils you are using. And if it is a "port" then > where it came from. > > I think you say you are using MS-Windows XP. In which case you must > be using a port of the GNU binutils to it. Where did you get the > port from? And list the version of it. Here is an example from my > GNU/Linux system. The --version option prints the version of the tool > and the target of it. This is useful information. > > $ as --version > GNU assembler (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1 > Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the terms > of > the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. > This program has absolutely no warranty. > This assembler was configured for a target of `x86_64-linux-gnu'. > > That's from my system but anyone would need to know that information > from your system. > > Then I would say that you are familiar with masm and are trying to > make use of the GNU assembler and having problems with the syntax. I > think it would be fine to give a small example of masm syntax and say > that you are trying to do the same thing in GNU as and are having > trouble figuring out what that should be. I feel certain that one > familiar with it would be able to help give the translation and help > with how the assembly language is different and in what way. > > Here is an example if it were me. (It's not going to be me, it is > going to be you. So you would need to write this in your own words.) > > My operationg system is Debian Sid Unstable. I am using this version > of GNU binutils. > > $ as --version > GNU assembler (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.1 > Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc. > This program is free software; you may redistribute it under the > terms of > the GNU General Public License version 3 or later. > This program has absolutely no warranty. > This assembler was configured for a target of `x86_64-linux-gnu'. > > I have been reading the documentation here: > > https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs-2.35/as/index.html > > But I can't figure out this problem. I have used masm before and in > masm I would do this: > > LES BX,DWORD PTR [BP+6] > MOV AL,SI:[BX] > > I try to convert it into this syntax. (Be sure to say verbatim what > you are trying to do.) > > lesl %bx,dword ptr[%ebp+6] # what is the correct syntax? > movl %al,%esi:[%ebx] # what is the correct syntax? > > But that is producing an error. The error the assembler is giving me > is this error. > > ...paste in the exact command you are using to invoke it... > ...paste in the error message output here... > ...be sure to include both the command and the error message > exactly... > > Any help would be kindly received! > My Name Here > > That's simply an example. Please re-write it in your own words. This > above was from my system and as you can see it is very different from > your system! You can see the information that is needed to help > people help you. Because the people answering the questions may be > running very different systems from yours. > > 1. Ask simple small things one at a time. Do not try to ask 20 things > all at one time. That's overwhelming to someone trying to help. But > with small questions one at a time you get small answers one at a > time and make steady progress. > > 2. Repeat as needed. If there are 20 questions then one at a time you > will find 10 answers and then suddenly you won't need to ask the last > 10 because it will all be understood and not needed! :-) > > Good luck! > Bob >
