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Article #2921Re: Writing to WCS
From: Markus Peuhkuri
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1990 19:45
Date: Tue, 23 Jan 1990 19:45
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In article <629@shodha.dec.com> ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com (Hans
Ridder) writes:
>[Suported way to make reboot]
> _ColdReboot:
> MOVE.L 4,(A6) ; Get pointer to ExecBase
^--^
I think here is an error. This code moves address of ExecBase to some
address that was in a6. You should leave those parenthesis off. So,
right code is:
MOVE.L 4,a6 ; Get ExecBase in a6
> LEA.L MagicResetCode(PC),A5 ; Location of reset code
> JSR _LVOSupervisor(A6) ; Start code in supervisor mode
>[code cont.]
> I have never done this. It's just documented in the book this way!
> -hans
> ========================================================================
> Hans-Gabriel Ridder Digital Equipment Corporation
> ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com Customer Support Center
> ...decwrl!elvira.enet!ridder Colorado Springs, CO
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!mcsun!sunic!tut!santra!santra!puhuri From: puhuri@niksula.hut.fi (Markus Peuhkuri) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Writing to WCS Message-ID: <PUHURI.90Jan23214500@tko-sony-16.hut.fi> Date: 23 Jan 90 19:45:00 GMT References: <90012003501244@masnet.uucp> <20011@watdragon.waterloo.edu> <629@shodha.dec.com> Sender: news@santra.uucp (Cnews - USENET news system) Organization: Helsinki University of Technology, Finland Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: ridder@elvira.enet.dec.com's message of 23 Jan 90 05:06:47 GMT