From:	tdu AT enter DOT net (Tim Updegrove)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Physical to Linear fails in MS-DOS
Date:	Sat, 16 Oct 1999 01:57:32 GMT
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I've been very pleased with DJGPP and the support in this group.  Here
is my current problem.  The following sample program runs fine in a
MS-DOS box in Windows95/98 but the call to
__dpmi_physical_address_mapping fails under MS-DOS using cwsdpmi.exe.
I have written other programs which use this same function under
MS-DOS okay.  The difference is that, in the failing case, DOS memory
has been allocated and in the working case (code not shown) a physical
address is used in the mem_info structure.  Is this a DPMI problem
with cwsdpmi or something I'm doing wrong?  Help in allocating DOS
memory in MS-DOS is appreciated.
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#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/farptr.h>
#include <string.h>
#include <go32.h>
#include <dos.h>
#include <dpmi.h>

int main() {

  int
  desc,
    segment;

  unsigned short
    selector;

  unsigned long linearaddr;
    __dpmi_meminfo meminfo;

  segment = __dpmi_allocate_dos_memory((16384+15)>>4, &desc);
  if (segment == -1) {
    printf("Couldn't allocate Dos memory.\n");
    exit(1);
  } /* allocate error */
	
  meminfo.size = 16384;
  meminfo.address = segment*16;
  if(__dpmi_physical_address_mapping(&meminfo) == -1) {
    printf("Could not convert phys addr into linear addr\n");
    exit(1);
  }
  printf("it works\n");
} /* main */

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