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Q30381: Command Line Option /E Generates a Bad Fixup Record |
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Article: Q30381
Version(s): 5.10
Operating System: MS-DOS
Flags: ENDUSER | buglist5.10
Last Modified: 23-MAY-1988
The assembler will generate bad fixup records for floating point
instructions.
An example of this problem is the "FMUL" instruction, which will
generate the following fixup record:
FIXUP
003: fixup seg rel offset offset 0 fixup on 0xde9b
frame loc target ext "FIDRQQ"
The frame method "loc" means Intel frame method number four. This
means the fixup frame is the same as the segment of the location.
For floating point symbols this is meaningless, particularly in
OS/2 and Windows. The frame method should be changed to frame method
number five. Frame method number five would make the frame and the
target segment the same.
The LINK utility will ignore the frame method.
Microsoft is researching this problem and will post new information
as it becomes available.