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Hello all,
	I would like to know as to how I could access the C variables from
assembly  language  constructs using  gcc. I  did  go through the info
pages, but I was never able to follow them.  (Yes, I did make a honest
effort). I am  running gcc 2.7.2 on  a sun sparc  system (4.1.3). I am
not able to get even the sethi instruction compile.

I have tried the following variants.

asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "m" (foo.bar));
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "n" (foo.bar));
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "i" (foo.bar));
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "V" (foo.bar));
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "o" (foo.bar));
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "r" (foo.bar)); // I know this does not
// make any sense, but I did try it any way.
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "s" (foo.bar));
asm("sethi %%hi(%0), %%i7", :: "X" (foo.bar));

(Yes I need to modify the i7 register.. It is not a typo)

where foo is a structure and bar an element of that structure. I
request one of the gcc gurus to help me. I am in desperate situation
as I need this information for my course project. Thanks a lot in
advance. 

Wishing you all happy holidays.
Best regards,
Varadarajan .T.S.


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