Re: Mac OS X / FreeBSD ASM Resources

Frank Kotler wrote:

You'll be using "-f macho" instead of "-f elf" for Mac OSX, if you're using Nasm. One minor difference I'm aware of - "-f elf" allows arbitrary section names, "-f macho" knows only .text, .data, and .bss. Shouldn't be a problem.


For what it's worth, we really need a MacOS X/Mach-O backend maintainer for NASM. If anyone on the list is interested, please holler...

-hpa

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