referencing C structure elements in assembly

I have an array of structure defined in C language. And I want to copy one of system register onto structure element.

I am writing the assembly code, using __asm block in C itself. Since, do not know the syntax of structre of in Assmebly. For example, I want to move content of DS register to structure element.

So can anybody tell me, how to write code for that.
I tried
__asm mov structurename[0].member,DS
but did not work.

Otherwise, how to write same code in C?

I am using VC++ 6.0 compiler.

Faster responce is appreciated.
Thanks,
Al

Is your member the correct size? This compiled -

Code:

---

#include <stdio.h>

typedef struct atag
{
        short b;
} a;


int main(int argc, char* argv[])

{
        a c[5];
        __asm mov c[0].b,DS
        printf("%d",c[0].b);
        return 0;
}

---

zen's code won't work either...

The problem is that there is no equivalent of
> mov [memorylocation], AX
for segment registers. You can only move segment registers to/from general registers. Just do someting like
> mov AX, DS
> mov [memorylocation], AX
instead.

greetinx,
alex

[B]Is your member the correct size? -



:eek:

Bit of a personal question this,isn't it ???????????????


:o

lol

I tried moving to general purpose register, even that gives problem..

And size is proper, It is unsigned short which is 16 bit. When It is word(32bit) compiler shouts.

My statement is like this
mov ax, state[state_ptr].stack_segment
.. and when I compile using VC 6.0. the error is

error: C2424 : '[' : improper operation in second operand

please advise..
Thanks..
Al

Try to move the value to a simple variable first (in C code).

state[state_ptr].stack_segment requires some calculation to find the address of the variable: you want it to address byte state + state_ptr*sizeof(state) + offsetoff(stack_segment). I think this is illegal in inline asm.

alex

Alex repsonce helped me and works for tesing purpose.. Thanks..

Since this code is running in interrupt handler, I do not have luxury of time. So I have to come up with some alternative method for optimization, like building it in MASM.

Any new ideas are most welcome.

Also, I have question, Can I call C functions from assembly module, if yes how?

Thanks,
Al