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I am compiling the below small code with GNU AS on Linux. The compile command is:

gcc -nostdlib a.s

And it reports the error "relocation truncatted to fit R_386_16 in .text". And the problem caused by the line "movw ax, $ok_msg". Anybody please tell me how to fix this?

(The code must be in 16bit because I want to run it in Real-mode in x86)

Thanks,
Jun


/* a.s */
.text
.global _start

_start:
        .code16
        movw $ok_msg, %ax /* <=== WHY THIS CAUSES A BUG? */
        ret

ok_msg: .string "OK\n"

I think my code already followed the guide, in which I inserted ".code16".

I notice a line from the above link though: "... So you can write code that runs on 16-bit processors, but only if that code never references memory."

Is that the reason why my code fails to do "movw ax, $ok_msg"???

That still doesnt make sense to me though.

Do you have any idea on how to fix it?

Thanks.
Jun