From: Leath Muller <leathm AT gbrmpa DOT gov DOT au>
Message-Id: <199606132329.JAA00967@gbrmpa.gov.au>
Subject: Re: ASM
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 1996 09:29:37 +1000 (EST)
Cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.960613084915.8264H-100000@is> from "Eli Zaretskii" at Jun 13, 96 08:55:39 am
Content-Type: text

> > Would it be possible to write a procedure in pure-100% asm, compile it to 
> > an .obj with TASM or MASM and then call the asm procedure from with in my 
> > djgpp souce??
 
> This should usually be the last resort.  If you *really* need it and 
> cannot do it any other way, read section 17.6 of the DJGPP FAQ list 
> (available as v2/faq200b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP).  It 
> explains how to call a 16-bit procedure from DJGPP.

Yep, the FAQ explains this well...and you should just learn the AT&T
syntax...it really isnt that hard when you get used to it...
 
> > Here is one of the routines that I would like to have in the .obj:

> > PutPixel(X,Y,Col,Where) asm
 
> There should be no need to make this in 16-bit asm.  Use the GRX library 
> which already has such a function.  Why reinvent the wheel?  GRX is 
> available as v2tk/grx20.zip from the same place you get DJGPP.

But grx20 is fairly slow...its sometimes better to reinvent the wheel to make
it more round... ;)

Leathal.