[coreboot] Convert Assembly JMP to C

[Stefan Reinauer]

Joseph Smith wrote:
> Hello,
> How do I convert an Assembly JMP instruction to C. What I would like to do
> is execute an executable assembly blob located in memory. From the docs I
> have read, for assembly you just need to issues a JMP to the memory
> location to execute it. How to do the same in C, that is the question...
>
> P.S. This question is leading up to something great :-)
>
>   

Does that code return via "ret"? If so, you'd need a call instead of a
jmp, which is basically a function call.

If it does not return, I suggest you use asm volatile (" jmp 0xADDR;\n");

Stefan


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