Re: [AD] More AMD64 stuff

[AJ <aj@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On the i386, the normal convention is to pass arguments on the stack and 
> set up a stackframe to read them in (but I think you can also specify that 
> you want to use registers). On the AMD64, at least when interfacing with a 
> higher level language, the convention seems to be that the arguments 
> themselves are passed in registers: %rdi (the 64 bit version of the %edi 
> register) holds the first argument, %rsi holds the second argument, etc.


oh yeah, now i remember reading a bit about that, coz the amd64 has so 
many more registers, is that what a __fastcall does?