From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.3 (2006-06-01) on yquem.inria.fr X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=disabled version=3.1.3 Received: from mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr (mail4-relais-sop.national.inria.fr [192.134.164.105]) by yquem.inria.fr (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5B97BC69 for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 16:06:57 +0100 (CET) X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAADIJi0eAArkpjGdsb2JhbACBVo40AQEBCAQGDxqXeg X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.24,282,1196636400"; d="scan'208";a="21210862" Received: from chokecherry.srv.cs.cmu.edu ([128.2.185.41]) by mail4-smtp-sop.national.inria.fr with ESMTP; 14 Jan 2008 16:06:56 +0100 Received: from stratocaster.home (c-71-206-252-35.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [71.206.252.35]) (authenticated bits=0) by chokecherry.srv.cs.cmu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id m0EF6spk013106 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:06:55 -0500 (EST) Received: from ecc by stratocaster.home with local (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1JEQtq-0004Mr-IX for caml-list@yquem.inria.fr; Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:06:54 -0500 Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 10:06:54 -0500 From: Eric Cooper To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr Subject: Re: [Caml-list] Multiboot problem Message-ID: <20080114150654.GA16425@stratocaster.home> Mail-Followup-To: caml-list@yquem.inria.fr References: <478B335F.4050804@pragmadev.com> <478B6292.3030208@pragmadev.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <478B6292.3030208@pragmadev.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) X-Spam: no; 0.00; asmrun:01 malloc:01 printf:01 scanf:01 runtime:01 byterun:01 malloc:01 caml-list:01 functions:01 functions:01 caml:02 defined:02 library:03 problem:05 startup:05 > Does anyone can explain to me how the function caml_startup works ? The source is in asmrun/startup.c. > Does it relies on malloc or free function or any functions of the C > library ? Yes. In addition to utility functions like printf and scanf, it calls the runtime system functions defined in byterun/, like GC initialization, which calls malloc. -- Eric Cooper e c c @ c m u . e d u