RE: DOS2linux

["Camiel Vanderhoeven" <camiel_toronto@hotmail.com>]

Bart Vandewoesteyne wrote:
> That is also what I think, but the problem is that I don't know at
> which offset to look for that data...
> If you look at the code:
> 
> static int getslotinfo( void )
> {
>   static char buff[320], *s=&buff[0]; int valid;
> 
>   inregs.h.ah=0xd8; inregs.h.al=0x1; inregs.h.cl=DiSC_Id.slot>>12;
> inregs.h.ch=0;
>   sregs.ds=FP_SEG(s); inregs.x.si=FP_OFF(s);
>   int86x(0x15, &inregs, &outregs, &sregs);
>   valid=outregs.h.ah;
>   if(!valid) { DiSC_Id.it=buff[itconf]; DiSC_Id.dma=buff[dmachd]; }
>   return(valid);
> }
> 
> Would it help if i told you that itconf and dmachd are defined as (see
> http://mc303.ulyssis.org/heim/downloads/DISCINC.H )
> 
> #define itconf                0xb2
> #define dmachd                0xc0
> 
> So if my EISA board is at 0x1000, i should be able to read these
> values from 0x1000+0xb2 and 0x1000+0xc0 ???  And if 'yes', any idea
> about how to read them? (byte, word, long...? My guess would be as a
> byte, but I'm not sure...)

Looking at the above piece of sourcecode, I would say your guess is
correct. "buff" is declared as an array of chars (bytes), so I would try
to read a byte at 0x10b2 and at 0x10c0. Just try it out & see what you
get back...

Camiel.