From: "Mark Allanson" <mallanso AT echidna DOT stu DOT cowan DOT edu DOT au>
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Subject: Re: HELP: VESA Mapping Linear frame buffer in inline assembler
Date: Sat, 9 May 1998 18:25:48 +0800
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and then the linear frame buffer would be mapped to where? :) ... how would
i write to it.. ive tried so many ways.. but i always get nice GPF's

Ive been stressing over this for ages now, its REALLY bugging me.. heh hmm

anyway thanks for the help.. ill try some more with your code!


>I guess you should first allocate a descriptor. Maybe this examplecode I
use
>helps...
>
>if ((ldt_sel = __dpmi_allocate_ldt_descriptors(1)) == -1)
>    usage("error allocating ldt_descriptor");
>memset(&mi,0,sizeof(mi));
>mi.address = MMIOBase;
>mi.size = MMIOSize;
>
>if (__dpmi_physical_address_mapping(&mi) == -1)
>    usage("error mapping physical address");
>if (__dpmi_lock_linear_region(&mi) == -1)
>    usage("error locking ldt_descriptor");
>if (__dpmi_set_segment_base_address(ldt_sel, mi.address) == -1)
>    usage("error setting ldt segment base");
>if (__dpmi_set_segment_limit(ldt_sel, mi.size - 1) == -1)
>    usage("error setting ldt segment limit");