Index: all/build-x86.xml
===================================================================
--- all/build-x86.xml	(revision 5620)
+++ all/build-x86.xml	(working copy)
@@ -159,18 +159,37 @@
 			<targetfileset dir="${build.native.dir}/output" />
 		</dependset>
 
-		<asm srcdir="${src.native.dir}/x86" 
-			destdir="${build.native.dir}/output" 
-			outputFormat="elf" 
-			extension="o" 
-			bits="${jnode.bits}" 
-			listfile="${build.native.dir}/jnodenative.lst"
-			enablejnasm="${jnode.enable.jnasm}"
-			version="${jnode-ver} ${TODAY}">
-				<includedir dir="${src.native.dir}/x86" />
-				<includedir dir="${build.native.dir}/src" />
-				<include name="jnode.asm" />
-		</asm>
+        <!-- TODO: replaced with JNAsm -->
+        <property name="jnode.asm" value="nasm" description="this is a default setting; One day, to be replaced with JNAsm"/>
+        <exec executable="${jnode.asm}">
+            <arg value="-dBITS${jnode.bits}"/>
+            <arg value="-dJNODE_VERSION='${jnode-ver} ${TODAY}'"/>
+            <arg value="-f"/>
+            <arg value="elf${jnode.bits}"/>
+            <arg value="-i"/>
+            <arg value="${build.native.dir}/src/"/>
+            <arg value="-i"/>
+            <arg value="${src.native.dir}/x86/"/>
+            <arg value="-l"/>
+            <arg file="${build.native.dir}/jnodenative.lst"/>
+            <arg value="-o"/>
+            <arg file="${build.native.dir}/output/jnode.o"/>
+            <arg file="${src.native.dir}/x86/jnode.asm"/>
+        </exec>
+<!-- TODO remove
+        <asm srcdir="${src.native.dir}/x86"
+            destdir="${build.native.dir}/output"
+            outputFormat="elf"
+            extension="o"
+            bits="${jnode.bits}"
+            listfile="${build.native.dir}/jnodenative.lst"
+            enablejnasm="${jnode.enable.jnasm}"
+            version="${jnode-ver} ${TODAY}">
+            <includedir dir="${src.native.dir}/x86"/>
+            <includedir dir="${build.native.dir}/src"/>
+            <include name="jnode.asm"/>
+        </asm>
+-->
 	</target>
 
 	<!-- Build the java object file  -->