From:	Matthias Grimrath <y0001032 AT ws DOT rz DOT tu-bs DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Physical Memory Addresses
Date:	Thu, 19 Sep 1996 15:51:09 +0200
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Neil Jarvis wrote:
> ...
> NOTE: You must run your program with protecton level 0, i.e. use
>       CWSDPR0.EXE or PMODETSR.EXE as your DPMI servers. This disables
>       virtual memory, and prevents malloced data from being swapped to
>       disk.

Using CWSDPR0 or PMODETSR doesn't guarantee you are running at level 0.
If there is already a DPMI host present (for example Win95), you 
run at ring 3 with everything virtualized.

> 
> MORE NOTES: the _my_cr3() routine will cause a general protection
>       violation if the code is not executed at protection level 0 This
>       means that you cannot run this code from within GDB - e.g. no
>       debugging.....
> ...

Reading cr3 assumes that paging is enabled. That is true in most cases,
but not necessarily under PMODE. I suggest _my_cr3() to check if paging
is enabled; if so, go on like before, else just return the linear
address. (which also is the physical)


Regards

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