From: "Lawrence Rust" <lvr AT nospam DOT softsystem DOT co DOT uk>
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Subject: Re: DMA in Windows Dos Box (Help requested)
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Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 12:12:43 +0100
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"Simone Navari" <snavari AT lcmmac DOT it> wrote...
> I need to allocate a fixed and large memory block to use it as a DMA
> buffer. In plain dos I use XMS to allocate and lock physical memory and
> it works, but when I run the software under a Windows Dos Box the
> operating system halts my program on the lock request !
> I've heard about VDS services but I've not yet understand if it can
> resolve the problem and how to use it exatly.
> I appraciate any kind of help.

The solution for Win9x and ME is to use Virtual DMA services (VDS).  This
approach also works in DOS with EMM386.  If you're using NT, Win2K or XP
then you'll need to write a driver.

For instance:

   /* DMA Descriptor Structure for VDS */
   struct TDDS {
      ui32 dwSize;          /* (00h) I/O: size of DMA region (bytes) */
      ui32 dwOffset;        /* (04h) IN: 32 bit virtual address      */
      ui32 dwSegSel;        /* (08h) IN: segment/selector            */
      ui32 dwPhysicalAddr;  /* (0Ch) OUT: Physical address           */
   };
   struct TDDS dds;
   __dpmi_regs regs;

   /* Setup DMA descriptor */
   dds.dwSize = (ui32)nNumBytes;
   dds.dwOffset = (ui32)pbData;
   dds.dwSegSel = (ui32)_my_ds();

   /* Copy descriptor to real mode transfer buffer */
   dosmemput( &dds, sizeof(dds), __tb);

   /* Set regs */
   regs.x.ax = 0x8103;
   regs.x.dx = 0x000c;
   regs.x.es = __tb >> 4; /* transfer buffer address in ES:DI */
   regs.x.di = __tb & 0x0f;
   regs.x.ss = 0;
   regs.x.sp = 0;
   regs.x.flags = 0;

   /* Call real mode VDS service */
   __dpmi_int( 0x4b, &regs);

HTH

Lawrence Rust, Software Systems, www.softsystem.co.uk
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