Set Multiple Descriptors

Copies one or more descriptors from a client buffer into the
local descriptor table (LDT).

Call With:

AX = 000FH
CX = number of descriptors to copy
ES:(E)DI= selector:offset of a buffer in the following
format:

Offset Length Contents
00H 2 Selector #1
02H 8 Descriptor #1
0AH 2 Selector #2
0CH 8 Descriptor #2
. . .
. . .
. . .

Returns:

if function successful
Carry flag= clear

if function unsuccessful
Carry flag= set
AX = error code
8021H invalid value (access rights/type bytes
invalid)
8022H invalid selector 8025H invalid linear
address (descriptor references a linear
address range outside that allowed for
DPMI clients)
CX = number of descriptors successfully copied

Notes:

o If an error occurs because of an invalid selector or
descriptor, the function returns the number of
descriptors which were successfully copied in CX. All of
the descriptors which were copied prior to the one that
failed are valid. All descriptors from the invalid entry
to the end of the table are not updated.
o 32-bit programs must use ES:EDI to point to the buffer.
16-bit programs should use ES:DI.
o A descriptor's access rights/type byte (byte 5) follows
the same format and restrictions as the access
rights/type parameter (in CL) for the Set Descriptor
Access Rights function (Int 31H Fn 0009H). On
80386 (or later) machines, the descriptor's extended
access rights/type byte (byte 6) follows the same format
and restrictions as the extended access rights/type
parameter (in CH) for the same function, except the
low-order 4 bits (marked "reserved") are used to set the
upper 4 bits of the descriptor's limit.
o If the descriptor's present bit is not set, then the only
error checking is that the client's CPL must be equal to
the descriptor's DPL field and the "must be 1" bit in the
descriptor's byte 5 must be set.
o A DPMI 1.0 host will reload any segment register which
contains a selector specified in the data structure
supplied to this function. It is suggested that DPMI 0.9
hosts also implement this.
o Refer to the rules for descriptor usage in Appendix D.