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16 years ago

Linux with MMU on NEEK

Hi, all. I'm testing Linux MMU version, on my NEEK. http://www.nioswiki.com/linux It works fine and I can use "bash" shell. This is the evident proof that we are using the true 'fo...
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16 years ago

kazuyasu (http://www.alteraforum.com/forum/member.php?u=26618),

Re: relocation.

Why is all this done with relocatable code with direct calls and not with position independent code using indirect or relative calls ?

(In fact I need to look up what the mnemonic "call 0x2000870" in fact means, as the code dword can't specify a 32 Bit address, so maybe this in fact is the same as "call 0x870" as you maybe suggested. But I'm not in the Office right now...)

-Michael