Assembler syntax error for movdqa, pminub, pmaxub in binutils2.18

[Thrall, Bryan]

H.J. Lu wrote on Friday, June 20, 2008 5:46 PM:

> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 01:02:14PM -0500, Thrall, Bryan wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to compile someone else's code (see attached file for
simple
>> testcase) and am very unfamiliar with assembly. With binutils
>> 2.18.50.20080523 (as reported by 'as --version'), I get the following
>> error, but with binutils 2.17.50.20060817 I do not:
>> 
> 
> Please use proper size for movdqa/pminub/pmaxub. They take
> "xmmword ptr", not "qword ptr".
> 
> 
> H.J.

Thank very much, that fixed the problem!

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Bryan Thrall
FlightSafety International
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