From:	"Ramcor" <ramcor AT arrakis DOT es>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	SVGA transfers. Speed?
Date:	Sun, 17 May 1998 14:14:24 +0200
Organization:	none
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Message-ID:	<355ed4d0.0@news.arrakis.es>
NNTP-Posting-Host:	caladan.arrakis.es
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
DJ-Gateway:	from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp

I have made a SVGA dumper routine in DJGPP but I feel this may be slow.
Does anybody know how to optimize svga transfers?

I own a S3 trio64 video card. I know these cards have some sort of
optimisations functions to do with 2D graphics. Anybody knows how ?

Thanx in advance!

PD. I hope the code below serves well to anyone interested! Please feel free
to distribute it to whoever you want.

#include <sys/nearptr.h>
#include <dpmi.h>
#include <pc.h>



void ini_svga640(void) {
__dpmi_regs regs;

   memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
   regs.x.ax = 0x4F02;
   regs.x.bx = 0x0101;
   __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
  __djgpp_nearptr_enable();
}



void vuelca_a_svga640(char *punt) {  // supone granularidad = 64kb.
__dpmi_regs regs;

   memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
   regs.x.ax = 0x4F05;
   regs.x.bx = 0x0000;
   regs.x.dx = 0x0000;
   __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
   rep_movsl(punt, SCREENP, 16384);

   memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
   regs.x.ax = 0x4F05;
   regs.x.bx = 0x0000;
   regs.x.dx = 0x0001;
   __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
   rep_movsl(punt+65536, SCREENP, 16384);

   memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
   regs.x.ax = 0x4F05;
   regs.x.bx = 0x0000;
   regs.x.dx = 0x0002;
   __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
   rep_movsl(punt+65536*2, SCREENP, 16384);

   memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
   regs.x.ax = 0x4F05;
   regs.x.bx = 0x0000;
   regs.x.dx = 0x0003;
   __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
   rep_movsl(punt+65536*3, SCREENP, 16384);

   memset(&regs, 0, sizeof regs);
   regs.x.ax = 0x4F05;
   regs.x.bx = 0x0000;
   regs.x.dx = 0x0004;
   __dpmi_int(0x10, &regs);
   rep_movsl(punt+65536*4, SCREENP, 11264);  // el £ltimo banco no se
completa
}

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