From:	"A.Appleyard" <A DOT APPLEYARD AT fs2 DOT mt DOT umist DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	DJGPP AT SUN DOT SOE DOT CLARKSON DOT EDU
Date:	Wed, 24 May 1995 12:29:22 BST
Subject:	Re: accessing conventional memory addresses

  I asked re using _farpeekb() etc, and dj AT delorie DOT com (DJ Delorie) replied
(Subject: Re: accessing conventional memory addresses):-

> _go32_conventional_mem_selector() is a reference to the
> _go32_info_block.selector_for_linear_memory value ... You should use [it]
> if you want faster access; it's still a single memory reference and if the
> value should change, you would automatically get the new value. DJ

  which I tried, and it works - except that when I #include _farpeekb() etc
thus:-

#include <pc.h>
#include <go32.h>
#include <sys/farptr.h>
#define uns unsigned
#define SEL _go32_info_block.selector_for_linear_memory
/*-----*/
main(){short c; uns int addr; _farpokew(SEL,addr,c);}

the `extern inline' sequences in djgpp\include\sys\farptr.h made gcc swear
thus: "t$.cc(.text+0x1c): undefined reference to `_farpokew(unsigned short,
unsigned long, unsigned short)'", and to get my program to work I had to copy
djgpp\include\sys\farptr.h into my program, and in that copy delete the
`extern' words (and delete the `-ns-' functions, which I wasn't using). Then
my program worked OK.

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