[OpenBIOS] Forthstrap issues
Programmingkid
programmingkidx at gmail.com
Thu Dec 13 21:08:30 CET 2012
On Dec 13, 2012, at 3:07 PM, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
> On 11/12/12 21:20, Programmingkid wrote:
>
>> I am having issues with making forthstrap work. The program is trying to access a memory address that doesn't belong to it. I think the problem is with the calculation of the variable latest. This line in bootstrap.c is where it is calculated:
>> *latest = target_ucell(pointer2cell(dict) + dicthead - sizeof(cell));
>>
>> My question is is the variable latest suppose to hold the address of a memory location? I can't access that value immediately after it is set.
>
> I believe it should be the LFA of the current word being defined in the Forth dictionary.
Thanks. I figured out that the switch-arch script was the culprit. It was not identifying my system correctly.
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