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[harmon@metronet.com: GNU GAS i386 16 bit]


  I don't think you want to add 16 bit support even if someone pays 
you to do it.  The real issue is the binary format.  For object 
modules, the format is something called OMF.  The executable program
format is something else.  I would guess that adding OMF to gas (and
all that bfd stuff) will take man-years.



   From: Ian Lance Taylor <ian@cygnus.com>
   Date: Thu, 25 Aug 94 00:16:31 EDT

   I know as little as possible about the i386, and I certainly know
   nothing about the differences between 16 and 32 bit mode.  Can anybody
   on this list help?  I'm sure that nobody at Cygnus plans to add
   support for 16 bit mode, unless, of course, we find somebody to pay
   for it.

   Ian

   Date: Wed, 24 Aug 1994 20:27:16 -0500
   From: Thomas Harmon <harmon@metronet.com>
   To: ian@tweedledumb.cygnus.com
   Subject: GNU GAS i386 16 bit


   Ian,

	My name is Thomas Harmon.  I found your E-mail address in the 2.3
   version of GNU GAS.  Please excuse me for bothering you.  I would like to
   ask for your opinion on some modifications I would like to make to GAS.

	I am working on a major project which requires a cross-platform,
   x86 assembler, for both 16 and 32 bit code.  That is where my problem lies,
   I know GAS does not currently support 16 bit code, but how much effort do
   you think it will take to add it?  Is this being planned for GAS?  If so,
   when do you think it will be done?  If it looks like I'll need to add 16-bit
   support myself, please send me a list of things I'll need to check.  I think
   I can figure it out from the 2.3 distribution, but I'd like to know about
   any special problems that are not immediately obvious.

	Thank you for your time.

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