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 - <h4 class="subsubsection">9.16.3.1 AT&T Syntax versus Intel Syntax</h4>
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 - <p><code>as</code> now supports assembly using Intel assembler syntax.
 - <code>.intel_syntax</code> selects Intel mode, and <code>.att_syntax</code> switches
 - back to the usual AT&T mode for compatibility with the output of
 - <code>gcc</code>.  Either of these directives may have an optional
 - argument, <code>prefix</code>, or <code>noprefix</code> specifying whether registers
 - require a ‘<samp>%</samp>’ prefix.  AT&T System V/386 assembler syntax is quite
 - different from Intel syntax.  We mention these differences because
 - almost all 80386 documents use Intel syntax.  Notable differences
 - between the two syntaxes are:
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 - <ul>
 - <li> AT&T immediate operands are preceded by ‘<samp>$</samp>’; Intel immediate
 - operands are undelimited (Intel ‘<samp>push 4</samp>’ is AT&T ‘<samp>pushl $4</samp>’).
 - AT&T register operands are preceded by ‘<samp>%</samp>’; Intel register operands
 - are undelimited.  AT&T absolute (as opposed to PC relative) jump/call
 - operands are prefixed by ‘<samp>*</samp>’; they are undelimited in Intel syntax.
 - 
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 - AT&T and Intel syntax use the opposite order for source and destination
 - operands.  Intel ‘<samp>add eax, 4</samp>’ is ‘<samp>addl $4, %eax</samp>’.  The
 - ‘<samp>source, dest</samp>’ convention is maintained for compatibility with
 - previous Unix assemblers.  Note that ‘<samp>bound</samp>’, ‘<samp>invlpga</samp>’, and
 - instructions with 2 immediate operands, such as the ‘<samp>enter</samp>’
 - instruction, do <em>not</em> have reversed order.  <a href="i386_002dBugs.html#i386_002dBugs">i386-Bugs</a>.
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 - <a name="index-sizes-operands_002c-i386"></a>
 - <a name="index-i386-size-suffixes"></a>
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 - <a name="index-sizes-operands_002c-x86_002d64"></a>
 - <a name="index-x86_002d64-size-suffixes"></a>
 - In AT&T syntax the size of memory operands is determined from the last
 - character of the instruction mnemonic.  Mnemonic suffixes of ‘<samp>b</samp>’,
 - ‘<samp>w</samp>’, ‘<samp>l</samp>’ and ‘<samp>q</samp>’ specify byte (8-bit), word (16-bit), long
 - (32-bit) and quadruple word (64-bit) memory references.  Mnemonic suffixes
 - of ‘<samp>x</samp>’, ‘<samp>y</samp>’ and ‘<samp>z</samp>’ specify xmm (128-bit vector), ymm
 - (256-bit vector) and zmm (512-bit vector) memory references, only when there’s
 - no other way to disambiguate an instruction.  Intel syntax accomplishes this by
 - prefixing memory operands (<em>not</em> the instruction mnemonics) with
 - ‘<samp>byte ptr</samp>’, ‘<samp>word ptr</samp>’, ‘<samp>dword ptr</samp>’, ‘<samp>qword ptr</samp>’,
 - ‘<samp>xmmword ptr</samp>’, ‘<samp>ymmword ptr</samp>’ and ‘<samp>zmmword ptr</samp>’.  Thus, Intel
 - syntax ‘<samp>mov al, byte ptr <var>foo</var></samp>’ is ‘<samp>movb <var>foo</var>, %al</samp>’ in AT&T
 - syntax.  In Intel syntax, ‘<samp>fword ptr</samp>’, ‘<samp>tbyte ptr</samp>’ and
 - ‘<samp>oword ptr</samp>’ specify 48-bit, 80-bit and 128-bit memory references.
 - 
 - <p>In 64-bit code, ‘<samp>movabs</samp>’ can be used to encode the ‘<samp>mov</samp>’
 - instruction with the 64-bit displacement or immediate operand.
 - </p>
 - </li><li> <a name="index-return-instructions_002c-i386"></a>
 - <a name="index-i386-jump_002c-call_002c-return"></a>
 - <a name="index-return-instructions_002c-x86_002d64"></a>
 - <a name="index-x86_002d64-jump_002c-call_002c-return"></a>
 - Immediate form long jumps and calls are
 - ‘<samp>lcall/ljmp $<var>section</var>, $<var>offset</var></samp>’ in AT&T syntax; the
 - Intel syntax is
 - ‘<samp>call/jmp far <var>section</var>:<var>offset</var></samp>’.  Also, the far return
 - instruction
 - is ‘<samp>lret $<var>stack-adjust</var></samp>’ in AT&T syntax; Intel syntax is
 - ‘<samp>ret far <var>stack-adjust</var></samp>’.
 - 
 - </li><li> <a name="index-sections_002c-i386"></a>
 - <a name="index-i386-sections"></a>
 - <a name="index-sections_002c-x86_002d64"></a>
 - <a name="index-x86_002d64-sections"></a>
 - The AT&T assembler does not provide support for multiple section
 - programs.  Unix style systems expect all programs to be single sections.
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