From:	Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: Extended Inline Assembly Help
Date:	Sun, 09 Aug 1998 15:08:23 -0300
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Sylvester Hesp wrote:

> It's not only 'simpler', __dpmi_int() must be used, because you can't
> just call a real-mode interrupt from protected mode.

But:
asm ("movl $0x13, %%eax; int $0x10"::"eax");

THIS DOES WORK!!  How come this code changes the mode to VGA?  If I can't
call real-mode interrupts from protected mode then why does this code work
(and are there any potential side-effects?)

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