From: Martin Str|mberg <ams AT speedy DOT ludd DOT luth DOT se>
Subject: Re: Intel Assembly and DJGPP?
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Tim AtLee <timatlee AT shaw DOT ca> wrote:
: I'm not really familiar with Intel assembly..  and I suppose that this group

So be happy that you have gas with AT&T assembly then!

: isn't exactly the right place to be posting..  I've been trying to read the
: serail number off the HD, and from what I've read, calling a function in int
: 21 is the "best" way to do it..  some of the other examples I've tried have
: been Windows-only, which doesn't do a lot of good on a 386 :-)

Well, with DJGPP you must use __dpmi_int() (no need for assembly at
all really) to call any real mode interrupts. For the exact register
setup I recommend Ralf Brown's interrupt list.


Right,

						MartinS