[Bug gas/10775] New: x86 64 documentation addenda

[konrad dot schwarz at siemens dot com]

The following information is lacking from the GAS manual:

In node (as.info)i386-Mnemonics, add at the end of 9.13.4,

In 64-bit mode, `movabs' is the form of the mov instruction which loads
a 64-bit literal into a register.

The AT&T/Unixware assembler is documented at
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/802-1948?l=en&q=assembler+manual and
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/doc/817-5477?l=en.

In node (as.info)i386-Regs, before "* the 8 debug registers:" add
* The processor control register `%cr8'.

At the end of that node, add

The 80386 flags register is not supported as a distinct register.  Instead, the
instructions `PUSH [ER]?FLAGS' and `POP [EA]?FLAGS' are encoded as `pushf[wlq]'
and `popf[wlq]'.

After node (as.info)i386-16bit, add a new section:

9.13.13 Writing 64-bit Code
---------------------------
The `.code64' directive causes the assembler to emit AMD64 ``long mode''
(64-bit) code.  As mentioned above, the `.code32' directive switches to 32-bit
code.  Which mode the assembler is in originally depends on the --32 and --64
options.

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           Summary: x86 64 documentation addenda
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.19
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: gas
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: konrad dot schwarz at siemens dot com
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10775

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