DOS/32 Advanced DOS Extender - Programmer's Reference 2.23 - DPMI function 0300h - Simulate Real Mode Interrupt Simulates an interrupt in real mode. The function transfers control to the address specified by the real mode interrupt vector. The real mode handler must return by executing an IRET.
In: | AX = 0300h BL = interrupt number BH = flags (must be 0) CX = number of words to copy from protected mode to real mode stack ES:EDI = selector:offset of real mode register data structure in the following format:
Offset | Length | Contents
00h | 4 | EDI
04h | 4 | ESI
08h | 4 | EBP
0Ch | 4 | reserved, should be zero
10h | 4 | EBX
14h | 4 | EDX
18h | 4 | ECX
1Ch | 4 | EAX
20h | 2 | CPU status flags
22h | 2 | ES
24h | 2 | DS
26h | 2 | FS
28h | 2 | GS
2Ah | 2 | IP (reserved, ignored)
2Ch | 2 | CS (reserved, ignored)
2Eh | 2 | SP
30h | 2 | SS
Out: | if successful: CF clear ES:EDI = selector:offset of modified real mode register data structure if failed: CF set AX = error code 8012h - linear memory unavailable (stack) 8013h - physical memory unavailable (stack) 8014h - backing store unavailable (stack) 8021h - invalid value (CX too large)
Notes: a) The CS:IP in the real mode register data structure is ignored by this function. The appropriate interrupt handler will be called based on the value passed in BL. b) If the SS:SP fields in the real mode register data structure are zero, a real mode stack will be provided by the DPMI host. Otherwise, the real mode SS:SP will be set to the specified values before the interrupt handler is called. c) The flags specified in the real mode register data structure will be pushed on the real mode stack's IRET frame. The interrupt handler will be called with the interrupt and trace flags clear. d) Values placed in the segment register positions of the data structure must be valid for real mode; ie the values must be paragraph addresses and not selectors. e) All general register fields in the data structure are DWORDs so that 32-bit registers can be passed to real mode. f) The target real mode handler must return with the stack in the same state as when it was called. This means that the real mode code may switch stacks while it is running, but must return on the same stack that it was called on and must return with an IRET. g) When this function returns, the real mode register data structure will contain the values that were returned by the real mode interrupt handler. The CS:IP and SS:SP values will be unmodified in the register data structure. h) It is the caller's responsibility to remove any parameters that were pushed on the protected mode stack. Copyright © DOS/32 Advanced Team 1996-2002 All Rights Reserved