[SOLVED] What is gas ".code" directive?

[Rick Mann]

Ugh my bad. I found it in the ARM-specific directives. It means to  
generate 32-bit code.

On Oct 25, 2007, at 6:02 PM, Rick Mann wrote:

> In the ARM port of freeRTOS there's some assembly like this:
>
>> 	.extern main
>> 	.extern exit
>> 	.extern AT91F_LowLevelInit
>>
>> 	.text
>> 	.code 32
>>
>>
>> 	.align  0
>>
>> 	.extern __stack_end__
>
>
> I'm not sure what .code 32 is. There's no mention of it in the TOC  
> for the gas directives.
>
> TIA,
> Rick
>