To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: Re: SCSI Driver Under DJGPP
From: alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
Date: Sat, 06 Mar 93 08:07:04 EST
Organization: Disorganization

DJ Delorie <rutgers!dj AT delorie DOT ctron> writes:

> The problem is that ioctl's aren't handled well.  The exception
> indicates that go32 doesn't know how to translate the 32-bit request
> to the correstponding 16-bit request.  If you want to teach it how,
> you must modify go32/exphdlr.c.

He could interface through a TSR like async uses, no? That gives him
a real mode buffer, etc, without mucking around with the extender.

> You will also not be able to directly call any real mode address from
> go32, so the far pointer you get will be almost useless.

See above... but how can he do the mode switch to real mode?


alane AT wozzle DOT linet DOT org (J. Alan Eldridge)
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