From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262328AbTESKJm (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2003 06:09:42 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262192AbTESKJm (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2003 06:09:42 -0400 Received: from mail.gmx.net ([213.165.64.20]:42973 "HELO mail.gmx.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262328AbTESKJP (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 May 2003 06:09:15 -0400 Date: Mon, 19 May 2003 12:22:07 +0200 (MEST) From: S-n-e-a-k-e-r@gmx.net To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: int 0x15, ah=0x88 question X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-Authenticated-Sender: #0006823522@gmx.net X-Authenticated-IP: [193.171.252.134] Message-ID: <9188.1053339727@www54.gmx.net> X-Mailer: WWW-Mail 1.6 (Global Message Exchange) X-Flags: 0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi all, Following code comes from arch/i386/boot/setup.S (memory detection): 387 movb $0x88, %ah 388 int $0x15 389 movw %ax, (2) Why memory address 2 is used? Where else in the kernel is it used? We are in real mode, so (2) should be the same as %ds:(2), or not? Sorry that I'm bugging the mailing list with that question but I didn't found the answer anywhere. So a web page, a book or something else would be also nice as an answer. Regards, Andy Ps: please cc me! -- +++ GMX - Mail, Messaging & more http://www.gmx.net +++ Bitte lächeln! Fotogalerie online mit GMX ohne eigene Homepage!