Re: [Nasm-users] Unable to generate IA64 object file

[anonymous c. <nas...@us...>]

> According to section 6.8 of the NASM Manual, IA64 is supported.
>
> 6.8 CPU: Defining CPU Dependencies
>
> The CPU directive restricts assembly to those instructions which are available on the specified CPU.
>
> Options are:
>
>    * CPU IA64 IA64 CPU (in x86 mode) instruction set

This means that NASM supports the JMPE instruction,
which is specific to IA-64 incarnations of x86: it triggers
a return from x86 to IA-64 mode.

How IA-64 processors execute x86 code -- the first ones
could do it in hardware while the current ones use binary
translation -- is beyond the scope of NASM.

> Do I need to use a newer version of nasm?

No, a newer version won't make a difference.

See my other reply, to your original message.