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From: cechew@bruce.oz (Earl Chew)
Newsgroups: comp.os.minix
Subject: Re: Cross Compiling under TurboC Professional Package
Message-ID: <754@bruce.oz>
Date: 14 Mar 89 00:18:15 GMT
References: <3561@sdsu.UUCP>
Organization: Comp Sci, Monash Uni, Australia
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From article <3561@sdsu.UUCP>, by mullen@sdsu.UUCP (deborah mullen):
> 
> Note: Error from dos2out "too many relocations": means you did not
> compile with tiny model.  The small model generates far calls and returns
> to the TurboC compiler routines.  Remember, for the dos2out (as distributed),
> the data segment must start on the next paragraph boundary.
> --Deborah Mullen

For those of you who are interested, it is possible to compile under TC for the
Small model and get the advantages of separate I&D. TC generates far calls with
resultant extra relocations for the linker and .exe loader to figure out for
the calls to the library support routines. These in fact can be made to be near
calls.

I have used two ways to do this in the past:

1. A program to scan the .exe and convert the extra far calls to near calls.
   The patched .exe file can then be passed to dos2out.

2. Use the Microsoft linker with /FARCALLTRANSLATION in effect.

If there is interest, I can see if I can find the program mentioned in (1).

Earl