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From: "Rod Pemberton" <dont_use_email AT xnothavet DOT cqm>
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Subject: Is this a bug in crt1.c?
Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 21:01:57 -0400
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The following two lines are in crt1.c (in libc and pmode directories).

   movedata(_stubinfo->psp_selector, 0x2c, ds, (int)&env_selector, 2);
   movedata(env_selector, 0, ds, (int)dos_environ, _stubinfo->env_size);

To me, this appears to be an error.  But, I'm assuming that I'm missing
something since DJGPP works.  But, I haven't determined why this works.

In the first line, env_selector appears to be copied from the DOS PSP
where it's supposedly a real-mode segment.  Then, env_selector is used
immediately in the second line where it's used as a protected-mode  
selector.

Is there a hidden conversion from RM segment to PM selector somewhere?
Is there code somewhere else which convert the value within the PSP to
a selector?  Or, does movedata() convert segments to selectors?  AIUI,
movedata() only works with selectors.  What have I missed here?


Rod Pemberton