bioscom

Syntax

#include <bios.h>

int bioscom(int cmd, char data, int port);

Description

This function accesses the BIOS interrupt 0x14 function, serial communication services. The valid values of cmd are:

0 - initialize com port (data is the settings)

1 - write byte to port

2 - read byte from port

3 - get port status

For initialization, the byte is made up of the following bits:

0000 0000
7654 3210  Meaning

---- --10  7 bits/character
---- --11  8 bits/character
---- -0--  1 stop bit
---- -1--  2 stop bits
---X 0--  no parity
---0 1--  odd parity
---1 1--  even parity
000- ----  110 baud
001- ----  150 baud
010- ----  300 baud
011- ----  600 baud
100- ----  1200 baud
101- ----  2400 baud
110- ----  4800 baud
111- ----  9600 baud

Return Value

The return value is a sequence of bits that indicate the port status and, for cmd=0 and 3, the modem status. For read/write operations, the lower eight bits are the character read.

1111 1100 0000 0000
5432 1098 7654 3210  Meaning

---- ---- ---- --1  CTS change
---- ---- ---- --1-  DSR change
---- ---- ---- -1--  ring change
---- ---- ---- 1--  carrier detect change
---- ---- --1 ----  CTS present
---- ---- --1- ----  DSR present
---- ---- -1-- ----  ring present
---- ---- 1-- ----  carrier detect
---- --1 ---- ----  data ready
---- --1- ---- ----  overrun error
---- -1-- ---- ----  parity error
---- 1-- ---- ----  framing error
---1 ---- ---- ----  break detected
--1- ---- ---- ----  transmit holding register empty
-1-- ---- ---- ----  transmit shift register empty
1-- ---- ---- ----  time out (=1 if error present for cmd=1,2)

Example

bioscom(0, 0xe3); /* 9600 baud, no parity, one stop, 8 bits */
for (i=0; buf[i]; i++)
  bioscom(1, buf[i]);

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