Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263462AbTFGTS6 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:18:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263487AbTFGTS5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:18:57 -0400 Received: from zork.zork.net ([64.81.246.102]:10639 "EHLO zork.zork.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263462AbTFGTS4 (ORCPT ); Sat, 7 Jun 2003 15:18:56 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: What are .s files in arch/i386/boot References: From: Sean Neakums Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Sat, 07 Jun 2003 20:32:30 +0100 In-Reply-To: (James Stevenson's message of "Sat, 7 Jun 2003 21:05:42 +0100 (BST)") Message-ID: <6un0gty981.fsf@zork.zork.net> 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: 1034 Lines: 27 James Stevenson writes: >> > > 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. >> > >> Where can I find the .c files they were made from, >> and the spec sheets the .c files were made from? > > You would have to find the original author of the person > who tweaks the assembler in the .s file chances are the .c > file is long gone though. If there were ever C files to begin with. It's not unheard-of for people to write assembler code from scratch. - 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/