Re: Inline assembler code with GNU GCC

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From: Timothy F. Sipples
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1992 02:23

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In article <1992Sep10.121235.1891@fzi.de> fzi.de writes:
>last week I tried to port an editor from DOS to OS/2. I got the following
>problem: since the editor used the DOS mouse interface, which is accessible
>through an interrupt call, I used inline assembler statements in the DOS C code.
>When trying to compile this file with GCC, I got several error messages.
>So, how can I in general use inline assembler statements when using GCC ?
>And further, will the mouse interface still be accessible through that old
>interrupt under OS/2, or will I have to reprogram the whole thing with
>PM-calls?

No, the mouse is supported using 16-bit VIO calls.  You need to
translate your DOS mouse interface to the OS/2 equivalent.

These mouse calls are documented in most OS/2 1.x programming
references.

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Subject: Re: Inline assembler code with GNU GCC
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