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Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:32:35 +0100
From: Manfred Spraul <manfred@colorfullife.com>
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>   pushl %ebp
>   movl $0xfffff000, %ebp
>   call *%ebp
>   popl %ebp
>  
>

You could avoid clobbering a register with something like

pushl $0xfffff000
call *(%esp)
addl %esp,4

--
    Manfred

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