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Date:      Sat, 22 Dec 2001 17:53:32 -0500 (EST)
From:      Zhihui Zhang <zzhang@cs.binghamton.edu>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Two Questions about assembly language syntax
Message-ID:  <Pine.SOL.4.21.0112221751000.2667-100000@opal>

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While reading file swtch.s, I see the following:

$_common_tssd
_tss_gdt
%fs:0

What is the usage of $ before a symbol (none before _tss_gdt)? What does
%fs:0 mean?

Thanks,

-Zhihui


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