On 1 February 2016 at 22:38, Charles Forsyth <charles.forsyth@gmail.com>
wrote:

> the syntax name+offset(FP) defines name as the given offset from the
> virtual frame pointer.


I ought to have added that it's +8 because info is the second parameter,
where the parameter space is
divided into slots of 8 bytes on amd64 and 4 bytes on the 32-bit
architectures. on amd64, the first parameter is passed in a register (BP);
as on some of the RISC machines. on amd64, the second parameter is +8(FP),
third is +16(FP), and so on.
 on x86/32 the first parameter is passed on the stack, so it's +0(FP),
+4(FP), ...