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Date: Sat, 26 Jun 2004 10:27:53 -0400
From: Latchesar Ionkov <lionkov@gmail.com>
To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@cse.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: [9fans] which register is used as FP on the x86
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This approach doesn't work if the compiler supports variable length
arrays. Fortunately (or unfortunately, depending on your preferences)
the Plan9 compiler doesn't suport them.

Thanks,
    Lucho

On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 18:53:48 +0100, rog@vitanuova.com <rog@vitanuova.com> wrote:
> 
> no register is dedicated as a frame pointer.
> 
> if you know the PC, you can find out the FP from the SP.
> 
>