Date:	Wed, 4 Jul 2001 10:00:04 +0300 (IDT)
From:	Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To:	"Jacek K." <xos AT o2 DOT pl>
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Subject:	Re: Accessing registers from C
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On Wed, 4 Jul 2001, Jacek K. wrote:

> > On Sun, 1 Jul 2001, Jacek K. wrote:
> >
> > > Are there some instructions/macros to access CPU registers?
> >
> > Can you tell what do you need that for?  DJGPP has several provisions
> > in the library which normally make accessing the registers
> > unnecessary.  Section 17.8 of the FAQ gives a couple of examples.
> 
> I need to call a procedure via call gate. Because arguments must be passed
> "manualy", doing it by registers will be faster then by stack.

To call a procedure via a call gate, you will probably need either
inline assembly or an assembly wrapper anyway, right?  So why did you
specifically said you want something that isn't inline assembly?

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