From: "A. Sinan Unur" <sinan DOT unur AT cornell DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: (new question) problem with memory allocation
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 1998 22:40:39 -0500
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David Eberhard wrote:
> 
> Thanks for all the help.  It solved my problem, but now I have
> another. Here's the code:
> 
>    video_selector = __dpmi_allocate_ldt_descriptors(1);
>    __dpmi_set_segment_base_address(video_selector, linear_address);
>    //Set limit to around 2 Meg
>    __dpmi_set_segment_limit(video_selector, 2000000UL);
> 
> Here I am setting up a selector so I can access the linear buffer of
> my video card.  I wanted to set the segment limit to around 2 meg, but
> it crashes my program and gives about the same error that I got with
> my last problem. It crashes when I try to write to video memory using
> the selector I made above.  If I trim down 2000000 to 200000, then my
> program works fine.  Anyone know why?

i think the answer might lie in the following remark in the DPMI spec (i
am no expert on this though):

INT 0x31 Function 0x0008
Set Segment Limit
<snip>
* Segment limits greater than or equal to 1MB must be page aligned. That
is, limits greater than 1MB must have the low 12 bits set
<snip>

also, note that "the value supplied to the function (in CX:DX) is the
byte length of the segment-1. so, for 2MB, passing 2048*1024-1 should
work, i guess.

by the way, do check the return values of such calls.

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