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Date: Tue, 18 Aug 1998 16:04:51 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: JP <jpdelprat AT teaser DOT fr>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: How to determine the physical address from a DPMI descriptor
In-Reply-To: <35d6e105.334574@news.teaser.fr>
Message-ID: <Pine.SUN.3.91.980818160339.12510c-100000@is>
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On Sun, 16 Aug 1998, JP wrote:

> I've allocated a large array, locked it and set a descriptor to this
> array. I would like to know the physical address of this array. Can it
> be determined from the descriptor ?

In general, you can't.  You can only find the logical address, not the 
physical one.

Please explain why do you need the physical address, then it would be 
possible to advise about any available solutions.

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