Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:18:13 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Frederico Jeronimo <fjds AT rnl DOT ist DOT utl DOT pt>
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Subject: Re: Map physical memory.
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On Fri, 10 Dec 1999, Frederico Jeronimo wrote:

> 	I'm having a little problem and I was wondering if you could help
> me  out. I'm trying to map a range of physical memory over a set of
> addresses using '__djgpp_map_physical_memory()'.

This is a bad idea, IMHO.  __djgpp_map_physical_memory only works with
DPMI servers which implement DPMI v1.0 spec; most of them don't.

Why can't you use the function __dpmi_physical_address_mapping, as
explained in section 18.7 of the FAQ.

> 	Ps: How can I check what DPMI host I'm using?

In general, you can't.  Some hosts support the function
__dpmi_get_capabilities, which returns that info, but this, too, is a
DPMI 1.0 function.