Why GAS not NASM?

[Alex Buell]

I think our problem is because we are using GAS and NASM to assemble
the various assembly files. Oughtn't we standardise on NASM? Why not?
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[Steven Edwards]

On 1/2/06, Alex Buell <alex.buell(a)munted.org.uk> wrote:
>   I think our problem is because we are using GAS and
> NASM to assemble
>  the various assembly files. Oughtn't we standardise on NASM? Why not? 
My question is why nasm and not gas. Gas can handle both assembly
syntaxes right? Why do we need a extra tool if this is the case?
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[Alex Buell]

On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:38:51 -0500 Steven Edwards <winehacker(a)gmail.com>
waved a wand and this message magically appeared:
>   On 1/2/06, Alex Buell <alex.buell(a)munted.org.uk>
> wrote:
> >   I think our problem is because we are using GAS
> > and NASM to assemble
> >  the various assembly files. Oughtn't we standardise on NASM? Why not? 
>  My question is why nasm and not gas. Gas can handle both assembly
>  syntaxes right? Why do we need a extra tool if this is the case? 
You could be right. Unfortunately gas differs between versions which is
why I can't compile fastinterlck.S with binutils 2.15.90.0.2. Hence my
frustration.
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[nitro2k01]

Pardon me if I'm wrong, but isn't it possible to use both at the same
time? (Eg by choosing another file extension for files to be compiled
by nasm)
                                          /nitro2k01
On 1/3/06, Alex Buell <alex.buell(a)munted.org.uk> wrote:
>   On Tue, 3 Jan 2006 06:38:51 -0500 Steven Edwards
> <winehacker(a)gmail.com>
>  waved a wand and this message magically appeared:
> >   On 1/2/06, Alex Buell
> > <alex.buell(a)munted.org.uk> wrote:
> > >   I think our problem is because we are using GAS
> > > and NASM to assemble
> > >  the various assembly files. Oughtn't we standardise on NASM? Why not? 
> >  My question is why nasm and not gas. Gas can handle both assembly
> >  syntaxes right? Why do we need a extra tool if this is the case? 
>  You could be right. Unfortunately gas differs between versions which is
>  why I can't compile fastinterlck.S with binutils 2.15.90.0.2. Hence my
>  frustration.
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