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From: phils@tekigm2.TEK.COM (Philip E Staub)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: SDB
Message-ID: <2805@tekigm2.TEK.COM>
Date: 10 Apr 88 05:38:04 GMT
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
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Keywords: device drivers


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I would like to converse with anyone who has had any success with 
developing a device driver with SDB, more particularly, with the use
of the ld and ax commands. 

I'm developing a disk driver, and every time I try to load the driver's
symbols, I get a "Can't open mydev.device!" error. One thing I have noticed
is that when I issue the "ld mydev" command, the driver's initialization 
routine gets called, even if I've already issued an OpenDevice, as the manual
implies must be done first. My OpenDevice call results in execution of the
initialization routine, then the "ld mydev" command calls it again with a 
different address for the device structure. This doesn't sound right.

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. I've been fighting this one for
the past week or more. 

Thanks
Phil

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tektronix!tekigm2!phils                                              - Spock
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