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From: joachim@iraul1.ira.uka.de (Joachim Lindenberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: sharing data between cdevs and INITs
Keywords: INIT cdev
Message-ID: <672@iraun1.ira.uka.de>
Date: 20 Aug 88 07:18:09 GMT
References: <1739@microsoft.UUCP>
Sender: news@iraun1.ira.uka.de
Reply-To: joachim@iraul1.UUCP (Joachim Lindenberg)
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, University of Karlsruhe, West Germany
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In article <1739@microsoft.UUCP> t-benw@microsoft.uucp (Benjamin Waldman) writes:
>Does anyone out there have a suggestion for sharing data between a cdev
>and a patch installed as an INIT? 
>
Use the INIT to load a driver which does the actual work. The driver may
use a handle stored in its DCtlEntry to hold its variables. The cdev will
have to scan the unit table for the driver and use the same handle.

Joachim