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Re: [MiNT] Ssystem() & Setexec()

Hi!

On Fri, May 21, 1999 at 01:10:27PM +0200, Andreas Schwab wrote:
> This can be solved by repeatedly reading until the value stabilizes.

And what advantage does this have over using Ssystem(), when available?
The original message questioned Ssystem()'s sense, because Setexc() was
'equivalent', which it isn't.  Furthermore, this method can't be used
for reading volatile pointers which aren't long aligned, as no one
guarantees that there's no task switch between the two Setexc() calls,
which might have already changed the pointer's contents. The _hz200 was
just an example.


Ciao

Thomas


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