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device db "/dev/vcsa1", 0

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asm (" device .byte "/dev/vcsa1", 0 ")

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main ()
{
  cout << "escaped\"\n";
  asm ("device: .byte \"/dev/vcsa1\", 0");
  return 0;
}

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asm ("device: .string \"/dev/vcsa1\"");

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char device[] = "/dev/vcsa1";

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void fn(){
   char device[] = "/dev/vcsa1";
   asm ("movl $device ,%eax"
      : /* no output registers */
      : "a" ($device);
      : "%eax");
}

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#include <iostream>
using namespace std;
int main(){
     char * stringtest = new char[20];
     asm("movb $0, 4(%%eax)\n\t"      //Make sure to zero terminate
             "movl $0x61626364, (%%eax)\n\t"
             :
             :"a"(stringtest)
	     :
     ); 
     cout << stringtest << "\n";
}

/*
//Here's my test to do it the other way around
//Although at the moment I'm not sure how to test this.
//The above is easy to test but loads data from eax to var //stringtest. I just want to do things the other way around.
int main(){
	 //char * stringtest = new char[20];
	const char * stringtest = "bob";
         asm volatile ("nop\n\t"
             :
             :"a"(stringtest)
	     :
     ); 
     //cout << stringtest << "\n";
}
*/

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        .data
foobar: .asciz "quux"
        .text
        .globl main
main:
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static char foobar[] = "quux";

int
main(void)
{
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