From 60093266ae6627f4d9472e696dce19e3ba6a064b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: ceriel Date: Mon, 30 Jul 1990 12:46:12 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] clarified text somewhat --- man/i386_as.6 | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/man/i386_as.6 b/man/i386_as.6 index 95a23d64..0174fb85 100644 --- a/man/i386_as.6 +++ b/man/i386_as.6 @@ -105,10 +105,11 @@ temporarily in 16-bit operand mode. Prefixes only affect the next instruction. .IP "" There are also the .use32 and .use16 assembler directives, which do not -generate code, but change the default for operand and address sizes. +generate code, but change the assemblers default for operand and address sizes. Obviously, .use16 gives 16-bit modes, .use32 gives 32-bit modes. This is useful for assembling real mode 80386 code, or pure 16-bit modules (that do not have the D-bit set in the segment descriptor). +These assembler directives stay in effect until there is another one. .SH "SEE ALSO" uni_ass(6), ack(1),