From: Matthew Mastracci <mmastrac AT acs DOT ucalgary DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Nasm-Djgpp link errors
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 07:26:25 -0600
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On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Sam Davies wrote:

> Ok... when I try to compile the COFFTEST.ASM file (which comes with
> NASM) along with the COFFTEST.C file on RHIDE, I get the following two
> errors:
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>     GLOBAL _lrotate ; [1]
>     GLOBAL _greet      ; [1]
>     GLOBAL _asmstr  ; [2]
>     GLOBAL _textptr ; [2]
>     GLOBAL _selfptr ; [2]
>     GLOBAL _integer ; [3]
> 
> Everything else is exactly as it came in the NASM distribution .ZIP
> file... but as far as I can tell, this these are completely unrelated...
> Can someone who has successfully gotten NASM files to link with DJGPP
> files (on RHIDE) help me?  Thanks alot!

The syntax of NASM may have changed between when this file was written and
now.  I've always used [GLOBAL _varname] to export variables.  I've
written a tutorial (along with examples) on how to get the two programs
working together:

http://www.ucalgary.ca/~mmastrac/djgppasm.doc

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