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AES version, was: MiNT setter 1.2
- To: Konrad Kokoszkiewicz <draco@mi.com.pl>
- Subject: AES version, was: MiNT setter 1.2
- From: Michael Schwingen <rincewind@tubul.dascon.de>
- Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 11:08:11 +0200
- Cc: Katherine L Ellis <kellis@primenet.com>, Brent Thirsk <thirsk@telusplanet.net>, mint@atari.archive.umich.edu
- In-reply-to: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980430125607.24143H-100000@nidus.mi.com.pl>; from Konrad Kokoszkiewicz on Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 01:00:15PM +0200
- References: <Pine.BSI.3.96.980429183513.4170D-100000@usr05.primenet.com> <Pine.LNX.3.96.980430125607.24143H-100000@nidus.mi.com.pl>
On Thu, Apr 30, 1998 at 01:00:15PM +0200, Konrad Kokoszkiewicz wrote:
> The 3th and 4th word of AES global (global[3] & global[4]), called
> AESappglobal, is defined as "long global variable for use by the
> application", while the global[0] is defined as "AES version number". I
> really think you should use global[0], whatever "common routines" used to
> do.
>
> Even if global[4] returns a version number for you, this is an
> undocumented behaviour.
Right.
If I read the source right, global[3] and global[4] are never touched by the
AES (at least in V3.40), so you get random data there.
cu
Michael