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Article #6550Re: THOSE DAMNED BPTR'S
From: Randell Jesup
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 1990 21:07
Date: Sun, 11 Nov 1990 21:07
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In article <18556@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au> mark.newton@f805.n680.fido.oz.au (Mark Newton) writes:
>I was under the impression that I could use LoadSeg() to load the code for the
>new process, initialize a (struct Process) so that it's pr_SegList was pointing
>to the LoadSeg()'ed code, set the initial PC to the start of the code and call
>CreateProc(). Ok so far? Ok.
Not OK. Read the documentation on CreateProc. Note that it takes
a seglist (as returned by LoadSeg), NOT a Process structure. Anyone allocating
their own process structures will be hung by their toenails. :-)
>LoadSeg() returns a long, and the pr_SegList is a BPTR. I haven't got the
>autodocs (I have got 1.3 Libraries and Devices), but I assume that the return
>address from LoadSeg() is the starting address in memory of the segment. How
>can I convert this to a BPTR?
LoadSeg returns a BPTR. Note that Dos is documented in the the
Bantam AmigaDos book, not the RKMs (due to an old contract). The Autodocs
(including Dos) are available from CATS.
--
Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!psuvax1!rutgers!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: THOSE DAMNED BPTR'S Message-ID: <15792@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 11 Nov 90 21:07:11 GMT References: <18556@ultima.socs.uts.edu.au> Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 23