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.comm vs .largecomm
- From: David Livshin <david dot livshin at dalsoft dot com>
- To: binutils at sourceware dot org
- Date: Mon, 13 Jul 2009 09:14:37 +0300
- Subject: .comm vs .largecomm
Hi,
What is the difference between .comm and .largecomm ( in gas for
x86_64). May it be assumed that ( the address of a ) symbol defined by
.comm is < 2G, e.g. after
.comm foo,100,4,4
movabsq $foo,%rax
'rax' has 0's in the upper 33 bits.
Thank you in advance.
Regards,
David
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