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| -rw-r--r-- | subx/022check_instruction.cc | 14 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/subx/022check_instruction.cc b/subx/022check_instruction.cc index 860921ae..5eb21136 100644 --- a/subx/022check_instruction.cc +++ b/subx/022check_instruction.cc @@ -610,12 +610,16 @@ void init_operand_type_help() { "to determine how to compute the _effective address_ to look up memory at\n" "based on the 'rm32' operand and potentially others.\n" "\n" - "If mod = 3, just operate on the contents of the register specified by rm32 (direct mode).\n" - "If mod = 2, effective address is usually* rm32 + disp32 (indirect mode with displacement).\n" - "If mod = 1, effective address is usually* rm32 + disp8 (indirect mode with displacement).\n" + "If mod = 3, just operate on the contents of the register specified by rm32\n" + " (direct mode).\n" + "If mod = 2, effective address is usually* rm32 + disp32\n" + " (indirect mode with displacement).\n" + "If mod = 1, effective address is usually* rm32 + disp8\n" + " (indirect mode with displacement).\n" "If mod = 0, effective address is usually* rm32 (indirect mode).\n" - "(* - The exception is when rm32 is '4'. Register 4 is the stack pointer (ESP). Using it as an address gets more involved.\n" - " For more details, try reading the help pages for 'base', 'index' and 'scale'.)\n" + "(* - The exception is when rm32 is '4'. Register 4 is the stack pointer (ESP).\n" + " Using it as an address gets more involved. For more details,\n" + " try reading the help pages for 'base', 'index' and 'scale'.)\n" "\n" "For complete details consult the IA-32 software developer's manual, table 2-2,\n" "\"32-bit addressing forms with the ModR/M byte\".\n" |