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  Trying to understand dynamic loading
 
Hi! Could anyone please explain a little how the dynamic loading facility works in legOS? I don't seem to get at full grip on it... and I can't test it either, right now... Is there a loader on the RCX? Can apps be downloaded to the RCX whithout (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
 
  Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
 
(...) Yes (...) Yes (...) I have not tried it and the downloader task seams to be disabled while a program is running. I'll hope, i can find time to read the source :) (...) Aehhhhh yes, maybe, i think so. .) (...) Yes Greetings Carsten ps: (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
 
  Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
 
(...) i'm surely not the definitive person to answer this questions, so don't take the follwowing 100%'ly: Yes there is a loader. It's activated whenever a certain kind of packet arrives on LNP addressing port 0. The loading of the program requires (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
 
  Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
 
(...) You can't run multiple downloaded programs at once, but you can have several programs installed and pick which one to run. Each program can have many threads. (...) Yes, the compiled files depend on the reloc information for the kernel. (...) (...) (24 years ago, 24-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
 
  Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
 
Thank you all for the help. Now I can see things much better! Now that the Windows version finally works, I will be able to experiment a little... A thought: IMHO, one of the things that should be very high on the "to do" list is documenting legOS. (...) (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)
 
  Re: Trying to understand dynamic loading
 
(...) AFAIK, Markus is currently writing a new O'Reilly book about Mindstorms systems, which will cover legOS quite detailed. I also guess there will arise some up-to-date online documentation from this project. - Martin (24 years ago, 25-Jan-00, to lugnet.robotics.rcx.legos)

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