Function
gSPSegment
Sets the segment register and the base address
Syntax
#include <ultra64.h> /* gbi.h */
gSPSegment(Gfx *gdl, s32 seg, s32 base)
gsSPSegment( s32 seg, s32 base)
Arguments
Description
Sets the base physical address of the segment. All pointers in the display list in the Reality Co-Processor (RCP) are segment addresses composed of a segment base and offset address. The actual addresses are calculated by the Reality Signal Processor (RSP) using the following translation:
Physical address = Base address [Segment ID] + Offset
For details, see Section 10.2, "Mixing CPU and SP Data," and Section 11.1.2, "Segmented Memory and the RSP Memory Map" in the N64 Programming Manual.
See Also
Revision History
02/01/99 Entirely revised.