Oliver:

Right, it seems that I mistransliterated the code in a hurry or confusion. 

I notice that on prf.c *adx is a pointer to be assigned to s, whereas in
sys2.c uap->linkname is the pointer itself thas is assigned to u.u_dirp.l
So my initial transliteration was wrong as I was assigning *uap->linkname
instead of uap->linkname.

Reviewing the assembler you submitted I notice it looks almost like what you
wanted but for @rr2 instead of rr2 so it might have been the extra * I
wrongly added in front of the parenthesized & expression and the erroneously
placed parenthesis (which I also got wrong) the reason for not getting what 
you wanted.

If on prf.c you have in printf
	register unsigned int *adx;
	char *s;

	adx = &x1;
...
	s = (char *) * adx;
and was recoded on WEGA in printfv
	register unsigned *adx;
	register char *s;

	adx = x1;
...
	s = (char *)(*(long *)adx & 0x7F00FFFF);

then maybe the right code on sys.c would be a change from
	caddr_t u.u_dirp;		/* char *, from param.h user.h */
        register struct a {
                char    *target;
                char    *linkname;
        } *uap;
...
	u.u_dirp.l = (caddr_t) uap->linkname;
to
	caddr_t u.u_dirp.l;		/* char *, from param.h user.h */ 
	register struct a {
                char    *target;
                char    *linkname;
        } *uap;
...
	u.u_dirp.l = (caddr_t) ) ((long *) uap->linkname & 0x7F00FFFF);

Note also the difference in parenthesis usage with what you said you had
tried on http://pofo.de/P8000/problems.php
	u.u_dirp.l = (caddr_t)(((long)uap->linkname) & 0x7F00FFFF);

I fear that I was too tired when I wrote my previous posting and made two
many mistakes.

Anyway, the first step should be to check what prf.c generates as assembler 
at these & lines when compiled. If it matches the sample code you mention you
have in other places then it means the same device was used to generate it
(which I would guess is the case) and then it should be a matter of thinking
clearly of what is being assigned. I do believe the surviving trace in prf.c
is the key to understanding the problem assembly code.

				j

On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 18:11:01 +0200 Oliver Lehmann <lehmann at ans-netz.de>
wrote:
> Hi Jose,
> 
> Jose R. Valverde wrote:
> 
> > 
> > 	u.u_dirp.l = (caddr_t) (*((long *)(uap->linkname &0x7F00FFFF)))
> > 
> 
> leads to:
> 
> "sys2.c":305: operands of "&" have incompatible types 
> Error in file sys2.c: Error.  No assembly.
> 
> 
> I've changed it to:
> 	u.u_dirp.l = (caddr_t) (*((long *)((long)uap->linkname &0x7F00FFFF)));
> 
> and this produces:
> 
>         ldl     rr2,rr8(#4)
>         and     r2,#32512
>         ldl     rr4, at rr2
>         ldl     _u+78,rr4
> 
> not exactly the wanted code :(
> 
> Greetings, Oliver
> 
> -- 
>  Oliver Lehmann
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