From: gclind01 AT starbase DOT spd DOT louisville DOT edu (George C. Lindauer)
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Subject: Re: Making a selector - dmpi stuff
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Date: 26 May 1997 01:08:01 GMT
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William McGugan (wmcgugan AT netcomuk DOT co DOT uk) wrote:

Get a document about DPMI (for example off x2ftp.oulu.fi).
You will also need to know GDT entry layouts... but I think there are
DPMI functions early in the list that will create data segment selectors
for you.

David
: 
: How can I create a segment/selector that points to a specific area of
: memory using dpmi?
: 
: I want to be able to do this so I can refer to memory like so:
: 
: mov	al, [fs:ebx]
: 
: rather than :
: 
: mov	al, [esi+ebx]
: 
: So I can free esi (and edi) for other tasks.
: 
: I've not been coding in protected mode for long so I haven't quite
: grasped the complexities of dpmi. I almost miss real mode.
: 
: Thanks people.
: 
: 
: William McGugan
: http://www.netcomuk.co.uk/~wmcgugan