From: lmc83 <lmc83 AT cs DOT ccu DOT edu DOT tw>
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Subject: Re: How to determine the physical address from a DPMI descriptor
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 1998 09:16:15 +0800
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Hi:
    Excuse me, how to  allocate and lock an xms buffer before Windows starts?
    I also has the same problem on writing a driver for a capture card which need
    to allocate a very large continuous physical memory.
>JP wrote:

> >Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:

> >I have found another solution : I allocate and lock an xms buffer
> >before Windows starts. This buffer is continuous and cannot be used by
> >Windows. The drawback is that my system now has less memory. I would
> >prefer to allocate my buffer when I run my program, but I could find
> >any way.
>
> >Thanks very much,
> >  JP
> >Jeepy (Jean-Pierre Delprat)
> >jpdelprat AT teaser DOT fr
> >www.teaser.fr/~jpdelprat (JPTUI home page)

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