From: Nate Eldredge <neldredge AT hmc DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: Rebooting the PC
Date: 25 Sep 2000 18:31:43 -0700
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Prashant TR <tr AT midpec DOT com> writes:

> | 
> | 3) void (*rebooter)();
> |    rebooter = (void *) (0x00000000);
> |    (*rebooter)();
> 
> Again, not a good idea for protected mode programs. In real mode, this
> would be perfect.

Hardly.  If it were 0xffff0000, then you would have something.

You could do

__dpmi_regs r;
r.x.cs = 0xf000;
r.x.ip = 0xfff0;
r.x.ss = r.x.sp = r.x.flags = 0;
__dpmi_simulate_real_mode_procedure_retf(&r);


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Nate Eldredge
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