Date: Thu, 26 Dec 1996 08:16:46 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Tony O'Bryan" <aho450s AT nic DOT smsu DOT edu>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Value of segment registers
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On Mon, 23 Dec 1996, Tony O'Bryan wrote:

> unsigned short Glad::GetVesaVersionNumber(void)
>   {
>   unsigned short	Buffer[128];
>   union Regs		Regs;
> 
>   Regs.x.ax = 0x4f00;
>   Regs.x.di = &Buffer; 		//This generates a warning,
>   int86(0x10,&Regs,&Regs);
>   return Buffer[2];
>   }

`int86' only supports a few functions of Int 21h that need pointers to 
buffers.  You should really use `__dpmi_int' for any buffer-based 
functions.  For details, see sections 18.1-18.4 of the DJGPP FAQ list 
(avialable as v2/faq202b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP).