Path: utzoo!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!public!eeh From: eeh@public.BTR.COM (Eduardo E. Horvath eeh@btr.com) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer Subject: Re: Unknown GURU numbers Message-ID: <2093@public.BTR.COM> Date: 12 Mar 91 03:34:14 GMT References: <1991Mar10.072019.15764@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> <910310.075519@lerami.lonestar.org> Organization: BTR Public Access UNIX, MtnView CA, Contact: cs@btr.com 415-966-1429 Lines: 21 In article <1991Mar10.072019.15764@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG>, mike@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Mike Smithwick) writes: >[] >Is there a more complete source of GURU numbers than alerts.h? I'm always >getting ones which aren't listed. Just what the heck is 0x00000003 and >0x0000000B? Thereafter several people answer that thest numbers are generated by the CPU. What is the algorithm used to generate these numbers? Is it necessary to memorize a long list of these or is there a simple method to calculate them, like taking the address of the exception vector and dividing it by 4? Inquiring minds want to know. -- ========================================================================= Eduardo Horvath eeh@btr.com ..!{decwrl,mips,fernwood}!btr!eeh "Trust me, I am cognizant of what I am doing." - Hammeroid