Re: [cc65] To Atari platform coordinator

On Sun, 17 Jul 2005, Ullrich von Bassewitz wrote:

>
> SYMBOLS {
>     __GRAPHICS_MEMORY__ = 7123;
> }
>
> that is subtracted from high memory before setting the available memory for
> the cc65 program. This would remove the most code needed in the initscrmem
> constructor together with the table. And it would be usable for other things
> besides graphics memory (in this case, the symbol should probably get another
> name). It would cost 5 bytes in crt0.s but save about 80 for initscrmem.
> Another two bytes could be saved if initsp is not made a constructor but
> inlined in the startup code. Since it's always called, there's no need to make
> it a constructor.
>
> This symbol can also be used if a graphics driver is loaded. Of course, the
> necessary values for a driver must go into the docs, but once this is done,
> it's almost as convenient to use this method instead of _graphmode_used.

Now I understand :-)
This looks like a very nice idea.
I will change the Atari runtime accordingly.

Is there anyone on this list which is currently using the _graphmode_used
method?

How should the symbol be called? I'd suggest __RESERVED_MEMORY__, as the
memory area doesn't need to be used for graphics only.

regards,
chris


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