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echo: os2prog
to: Mike Bilow
from: Andrew Grillet
date: 1996-06-03 09:22:02
subject: Re: ASM...

Hi Mike,

 -=> On 31 May 96  11:45:49 Mike Bilow said to Vitus Jensen <=-

 VJ> My drivers are compiled small modell and I tried to avoid
 VJ> far pointers even more.  

I have used a far pointer for the IORB - why is this bad?

 MB> I just use small model and put IORB space in the default data segment.
 MB> The only requirement is that IORB space be accessible as
"near" data
 MB> and never be swapped or moved, and the default data segment of any
 MB> OS/2 device driver will fulfill those requirements.  

The IORB is surely in the App's adress space - how can it be in the drivers
default address space.

Andrew

 
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