From:	nanotech AT hitel DOT kol DOT co DOT kr ()
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	How can I access absolute address above 1MB?
Date:	19 Feb 1997 03:31:57 GMT
Organization:	Korea PC Telecom Co.,Ltd.
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I saw the following article in jdgpp's faq But I don't know how to do
that. 

Please show me a simple source code. 

Thanks. 

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18.7 Accessing absolute address above 1MB
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**Q*: How can I access memory-mapped peripheral devices (or any other
absolute address) above 1 MByte mark?*

*A* :  You should use DPMI functions to allocate an LDT descriptor, and
map it to an absolute physical address.  You can then use the functions
from <sys/farptr.h> to access that linear address.  These are the DPMI
calls that you will have to use: 

   - allocate an LDT descriptor (Int 31h/AX=0); 

   - map selector to physical address (Int 31h/AX=0800h); 

   - lock linear address (Int 31h/AX=0600h); 

   - set segment base address (Int 31h/AX=7); 

   - set segment limit (Int 31h/AX=8). 

All of these DPMI calls have `__dpmi__XXX' wrappers in the DJGPP library. 
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