Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263349AbTFGSdo (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:33:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263338AbTFGSdn (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:33:43 -0400 Received: from jstevenson.plus.com ([212.159.71.212]:65171 "EHLO alpha.stev.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263369AbTFGSdW (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 14:33:22 -0400 Date: Sat, 7 Jun 2003 20:50:32 +0100 (BST) From: James Stevenson To: Lars Unin cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What are .s files in arch/i386/boot In-Reply-To: <20030607183605.2551.qmail@linuxmail.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 617 Lines: 19 On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, Lars Unin wrote: > What are .s files in arch/i386/boot, are they c sources of some sort? > Where can I find the specifications documents they were made from? There are not c files. They are assembler files Try running gcc on a c file with the -S option it will generate the same then you can tweak the assembler produced to make it faster. James - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/