INT 21 - Advanced SCSI Programming Interface (ASPI) - INTERFACE
AX = 4402h
BX = file handle for device "SCSIMGR$"
CX = 0004h or 0005h (refer to notes below)
DS:DX -> buffer for result (see #01452), set to zeros before call
Return: CF clear if successful
AX = 0004h or 0005h (refer to notes below)
CF set on error
AX = error code (01h,05h,06h,0Dh) (see #01680 at AH=59h/BX=0000h)
Notes: the variant of the call requesting five bytes is an UNDOCUMENTED
extension supported by Adaptec's ASPI2DOS.SYS, ASPI4DOS.SYS, and
ASPI7DOS.SYS; if made of a host manager which does not support the
variant, only four bytes will be returned. If the variant is
supported, Adaptec's WINASPI.DLL assumes that the host manager is
an "advanced" one which operates in either real or protected mode
(and thus does not require a DPMI INT 31/AX=0301h call to be invoked
from protected mode). Support of the five-byte variant also appears
to imply that an advanced ASPI host manager uses no temporary
storage space except the SRB (see #01454) and the stack, and that it
is fully reentrant.
if called with a standard request for four bytes, even Adaptec's
advanced drivers return only the requested four bytes containing the
ASPI entry point address
the function address is called with the address of a SCSI Request
Block (see #01454) on the stack and the caller must clean up the
stack
SeeAlso: AX=440Ch"ASPITAPE",INT 11/AH=FFh"WD7000"
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