From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Subject: Re: Help with Fat DS
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Iyappa Swaminathan <shayyaps AT yahoo DOT com> wrote:
: I am trying to read from the locations in the range 0x40000000 and in
: the range 0xffff0000. I tried using the __djgpp_near_ptr_enable()
: function, and then using _farpeekx() functions to read from those
: locations using _dos_ds. But I am getting a SIGSEGV error.

: I even tried extending the limits of _dos_ds by doing 

: __dpmi_set_segment_base_address(_dos_ds, 0) and
: __dpmi_set_segment_limit(_dos_ds, 0xffffffff)

: The above calls succeed, but the net result is the same. I am not able
: to read from those locations?

Did you read FAQ 18.6?


Right,

						MartinS