Date: Sun, 29 Nov 1998 13:39:56 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Thibaut Murez <tmurez AT nospam DOT planete DOT net>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: VESA and more generally using dpmi to access VIDEO Memory
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On Thu, 26 Nov 1998, Thibaut Murez wrote:

> VideoSelector=__dpmi_allocate_ldt_descriptors(1);
> LFB.size=0xffff;
> LFB.address=0xa0000000l;
> __dpmi_physical_address_mapping(&LFB);
> __dpmi_set_segment_base_address(VideoSelector, LFB.address);
> __dpmi_set_segment_limit(VideoSelector, LFB.size);

The limit should be SIZE - 1.  See section 18.7 of the DJGPP FAQ list for 
more gotchas.