why get compiler error: suffix or operands invalid for 'push' (or 'pop')
I am trying to compile a program with the current 64-bit ubuntu (8.04.1 LTS) and current "ganymede" eclipse IDE/CDT (5.0), but it generates the following strange error message on every line with "pushl %ebp" or "popl %ebp":
suffix or operands invalid for 'push'
suffix or operands invalid for 'pop'
This exact project compiles and runs fine in 32-bit fedora8 with eclipse IDE/CDT (v3.3, I believe). I suspect the problem has something to do with me trying to compile a 32-bit application on a 64-bit system - even though I have added -m32 compiler switch to tell the build-tools to generate a 32-bit application. But I'm not sure.
Here are the important background facts. Any ideas? Note: I find this error reported many, many places on a search of the internet, but none of the first couple dozen links have suggested an answer - though they all seem to involve people with a 64-bit OS.
-----
1: Every file in the project is identical, except whatever eclipse may have done when it imported the entire project.
2: I added a -m32 switch to the compilation process to make sure the compiler and build tools understand I am trying to generate a 32-bit application.
3: The original system that contained fedora8 + eclipse + this program was running on a different motherboard, but I doubt that makes any difference, since the old motherboard had a dual-core Athlon64 CPU and the new motherboard has a quad-core Phenom64 CPU.
4: The new system contains the current 64-bit ubuntu (v8.04.1 LTS) and the current "ganymede" eclipse, both downloaded and installed just days ago.
5: The errors are being reported in MY assembly-language file, not code generated by the compiler or in some C or OpenGL library.
6: In a lame attempt to solve the problem, I made sure I had the "ia32-libs" and "gcc-multilibs" packages installed with "apt-get install", but that changed nothing.
|