I frequently cannot contribute discussion to Cygwin topics, but due to
my work porting a database (fis-gtm) to Cygwin, I can chime in here.
This is a good article to give you an overview of the different
calling conventions out there:
https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2011/09/06/stack-frame-layout-on-
On 4/26/2019 5:04 PM, Jesse Thompson wrote:
Ultimately what I am trying to research is how to begin building a simple
compilation system of my own, so how do the *makers* of compilers deal with
these differences in calling convention?
They make parts of the compilers conditional on the overall
Just two thoughts:
1. You probably know that 'cc -S foo.c' produces foo.s which is the
assembler output. Might be worthwhile examining how the experts who
wrote the C compiler handle all this. The output is usually quite
readable for someone prone to reading such things.
2. Rather than generati
On Fri, 26 Apr 2019 at 15:04, Jesse Thompson <> wrote:
>
> > From: Eliot Moss <>
> > To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> > Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:16:38 -0400
> > Subject: Re: Request for an example x68 assembler portable Hello World
> Ultimately what I am trying to research is how to begin building a simp
> From: Eliot Moss
> To: cygwin@cygwin.com
> Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2019 07:16:38 -0400
> Subject: Re: Request for an example x68 assembler portable Hello World
script
>
> Der Jesse -- Someone else may be able to speak to the specifics, but
> register use and calling convention
On 4/26/2019 3:25 AM, Jesse Thompson wrote:
I would like to learn how to write assembly programs for the command line
that with as little alteration as is feasable will compile both in Cygwin
and in other flavors of Unix like Linux and/or FreeBSD.
I am targeting only x64 CPUs and I'm perfectly h
I would like to learn how to write assembly programs for the command line
that with as little alteration as is feasable will compile both in Cygwin
and in other flavors of Unix like Linux and/or FreeBSD.
I am targeting only x64 CPUs and I'm perfectly happy to use libc calls
instead of direct sysca
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