From: "Damian Yerrick" <NOSP AT Musenet@pineight.8m.com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
References: <82qlkr$lfp$1 AT nnrp1 DOT deja DOT com>
Subject: Re: __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory causes program to abort
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To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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<ido_b AT my-deja DOT com> wrote:
>
> I read chapter 18 of the FAQ and didn't fully understand how to use
software
> interrupts from within my program. I used something like: __dpmi_regs
regs;
>
> regs.x.ax = ...
> ...
>
> __dpmi_int(..., &regs);
>
> but I need to pass a memory address of a buffer in DS:SI.

Use the "transfer buffer" as outlined in the FAQ list:
http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/v2faq/


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