From: "Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH]" <moscoop AT americasm01 DOT nt DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Inline asm
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 12:54:11 -0500
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:

> On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Campbell, Rolf [SKY:1U32:EXCH] wrote:
>
> > __dpmi_regs regs;
> > memset(&regs, 0, sizeof(regs));  //I think this is optional for this
> > specific example
> > regs.x.ax = 0x13;
> > __dmpi_int(0x10, &regs);
>
> It is not necessary to zero-out regs when using __dpmi_int, since
> __dpmi_int zeroes out the parts that need that.

    Yes, but I think it is a good practise in general because some
interrupts act differently when other registers contain random values,
but maybe I'm over-reacting..

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(\/) Rolf Campbell (\/)