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call − call a client entry point and display returned value entry [ args ] may be used to invoke a client procedure with arguments while in dbgmon command mode.  A typical use of call is invoke client routines which can perform formatted dumps of client data structures.  When the client procedure is invoked the gp register will be initialized to the current value of the gp in the client registers, the sp will be initialized to the current point in the debug monitor’s stack, no breakpoints will be installed, and all faults will be handled by the debug monitor and not passed to the client’s fault handlers.  A maximum of 8 arguments may be passed to the client routine.  will not affect the contents of client registers.  Note that the called client routine may overflow the debug monitors stack if it uses extensive amounts of stack space and any side-effects that the called procedure has on the client processes global data will persist after the call. 

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