From: brennan AT news DOT rt66 DOT com (Brennan "The Rev. Bas" Underwood)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: VBE 2.0 Pmode Bank Switching...
Date: 13 Feb 1997 02:48:43 -0700
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In article <Pine DOT SUN DOT 3 DOT 95 DOT 970210105100 DOT 26202A-100000 AT linknet DOT kitsap DOT lib DOT wa DOT us>,
KaRNaGE  <dlydiard AT linknet DOT kitsap DOT lib DOT wa DOT us> wrote:
>
>hmm i'm still learning at&t syntax...but i tried:
>
>asm("mov 0, %bx");
>asm("mov bank, %dx");  //bank == bank number
>asm("call *%0"
>     :
>     : "S" (pm_bank)   //the pm_bank() function i posted before
>);
>and still it doesn't work...BTW thankz for the real mode bank switching
>info....i took out the multiply by 16..and now it works with UNIVBE which
>i prefer....but the Pmode bank switching it still making me rip my hair
>out =)....what i really need it source code that is identical to Sandman's
>code (VBE.ZIP) but for VBE 2.0 Bank Switching... (or a new video card =)
>)...but thankz for your help...
>

There's a really good example of how to do this in the Allegro source.


Brennan
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