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Date: | Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:29:56 +0000 (GMT) |
From: | "D. Hibbs" <mtx064 AT coventry DOT ac DOT uk> |
To: | "sandipan (tech serv)" <sandy AT genius DOT tisl DOT soft DOT net> |
cc: | list server dj <djgpp AT delorie DOT com> |
Subject: | Re: .byte 0x64 |
In-Reply-To: | <Pine.A32.3.91.960227141833.9397B-100000@genius.tisl.soft.net> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.ULT.3.91.960227112639.21388A-100000@rowan> |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, sandipan (tech serv) wrote: > Hi all, > > Could anyone help me out with the code in sys/farptr.h. > All the functions have a ".byte 0x64" before the move. Why > is this required ? This is the prefix for the FS segment so the memory addresses are FS:<offset> rather than DS:<offset> or if the offset uses either bp (ebp) or sp (esp) the default would have been SS: Dominic
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