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Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 10:57:02 -0500
To: Kurt Schwartz <kurt AT whdl DOT com>, cygwin AT cygwin DOT com
From: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall AT rfk DOT com>
Subject: Re: Where is GetCurrentFiber?
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At 12:37 AM 3/6/2001, Kurt Schwartz wrote:
>There is a function declaration in the cygwin headers for GetCurrentFiber, but there is no symbol in any library file, and I get unresolved link errors when using this function.
>
>In the VC++ header, this function is an inline assembly function:
>
>_inline PVOID GetCurrentFiber( void ) { __asm mov eax, fs:[0x10] }
>
>Also, the same problem exists with GetFiberData, defined in MSVC as
>
>_inline PVOID GetFiberData( void ) { __asm {
>                                         mov eax, fs:[0x10]
>                                         mov eax,[eax]
>                                         }
>                                      }
>
>
>Now, I know gcc uses a different asm syntax, but I have no clue how to write the above functions legally for gcc.
>
>Did these functions slip through the cracks??


I don't think so.  GetCurrentFiber() and GetFiberData() are in user32.dll
according to the MSDN.  As a result, I would expect them to show up in 
libuser32.a.  Are you saying they don't?



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