Error moving a constant byte value into

Question

I\'m working through Computer Systems, A Programmer\'s Perspective (3rd edition), and Practice Problem 3.3 contains the following line:

movb $0xF, (         


        

Answer 1

You are right that,

movb $-17, (%esp)         Immediate--Memory, 1 byte

should not be allowed. In fact the authors have posted this as a typo. Check out their errata list (Ctrl-F for "p. 183").