Date:	Tue, 27 Feb 1996 11:29:56 +0000 (GMT)
From:	"D. Hibbs" <mtx064 AT coventry DOT ac DOT uk>
To:	"sandipan (tech serv)" <sandy AT genius DOT tisl DOT soft DOT net>
cc:	list server dj <djgpp AT delorie DOT com>
Subject:	Re: .byte 0x64
In-Reply-To:	<Pine.A32.3.91.960227141833.9397B-100000@genius.tisl.soft.net>
Message-ID:	<Pine.ULT.3.91.960227112639.21388A-100000@rowan>
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On Tue, 27 Feb 1996, sandipan (tech serv) wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Could anyone help me out with the code in sys/farptr.h.
> All the functions have a ".byte 0x64" before the move. Why
> is this required ?
This is the prefix for the FS segment so the memory addresses are 
FS:<offset> rather than DS:<offset> or if the offset uses either bp (ebp) 
or sp (esp) the default would have been SS:

Dominic

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