From:	"Ken Jenkins" <ken DOT jen AT adelphia DOT net>
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Subject:	Re: Real Mode function doesn't work
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Date:	Mon, 17 Mar 2003 05:41:17 GMT
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You are absolutely right, but I didn't know where the prototype for
dosmemput was.  But thank you for all your help, my function finally works!
Yay!

"Charles Sandmann" <sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> wrote in message
news:3e755602 DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu...
> > > >     dosmemput (disp_str, __tb, length);
> > > check the argument order here
> > That is the only order of the arguments that will compile.
>
> The prototype is
> void dosmemput(const void *_buffer, size_t _length, unsigned long
_offset);
> (you can see this in include/sys/movedata.h).
>
> If it doesn't compile then there is something wrong with your code.
> Randomly changing argument order is no way to try to debug code.
>
> If you pass the wrong arguments it will never work.

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