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From:	massimin AT clipper DOT ens DOT fr (Pascal Massimino)
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	bypassing _go32_dpmi_simulate_fcall ?
Date:	2 Jul 1996 10:37:52 GMT
Organization:	Ecole Normale Superieure, PARIS, France
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To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
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	Hello,

	I'm doing a time-critical 640x480x256 graphic demo,
	and would like save cycles wherever I can to break
	throught the 35FPS wall... I have a nice pointeur
	to a fcall-able VESA bank switching routine my 
	graphic card gave me to replace the 4F05h function 
        of int 10h, and am using _go32_dpmi_simulate_fcall()
	to call it. 
        However, it takes too much time doing the required 
        protocol( setting the _go32_dpmi_registers struct 
        to its correct value, etc... ). 
        Since my code is in ASM, and that I do know 
        what's in my registers, which one I can discard, 
        the ones I must push/pop, etc..., is there a way 
        to avoid all the stuff DPMI is doing on the other
	side of int 31h, and just have it do the fcall, relying
	on caller's correct setting of registers ? Will I have
        to add this function myself in go32, and it recompiled ?
	(or worse: switch to real-mode/TurboC ? :)

	thank you,
				Skal
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