//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// example1.s 'ljmp' versus 'ljmpq' inconsistency
//
// This code-fragment assembled without any error-messages.
// $ as example1.s -o example1.o
//
// The objdump utility disassembled this 'ljmp' instruction
// as 'ljmpq *0x0', but when the 'ljmpq' mnemonic-opcode is
// actually used in a source-file, the assembler issues the
// message: "Error: suffix or operands invalid for 'ljmp'"
// $ as example2.s -o example2.o
//
// This apparent inconsistency was confusing to me, and may
// perhaps not be what was intended by binutils developers.
//
// programmer: ALLAN CRUSE
// written on: 02 JAN 2007
.code64
ljmp *destination
destination: .long 0, 0x10
.end
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
// example2.s
.code64
ljmpq *destination
destination: .long 0, 0x10 # <---- changing '.long' to '.quad'
# did not resolve the inconsistency
.end
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
NOTE: I am using binutils version 2.17 on a x86_64 kernel 2.6.17.6.
(This same inconsistency also appeared with 'lcall' and 'lcallq'.)
//-------------------------------------------------------------------
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