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From: Mark Phillips <mark AT phillipm DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: DJGPP Compiler - what does ___start() do ?
Date: Tue, 06 Feb 1996 12:58:32 GMT
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Message-ID: <322514123wnr@phillipm.demon.co.uk>
Reply-To: mark AT phillipm DOT demon DOT co DOT uk
To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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We have used the DJGPP compiler to produce 68xxx code for an embedded
micro. If the code produced is executed from the beginning of _main() 
the program 'crashes'. However, if the code execution commences after 
the ___start() call (which is, presumably, the system PROLOGUE)
    ^^^
the program seems to run OK. 

Does anyone know what ___start() does, why this phenomenon occurs and
how it may be circumvented ?

Mark 

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