Call Real Mode Procedure With IRET Frame
Simulates a FAR CALL w
ith flags pushed on the stack to a real mode procedure. The
real mode routine must return by executing an IRET
instruction.
Call With:
AX = 0302H
BH = flags
Bit Significance
0 reserved for historical reason, must be
zero
1-7 reserved, must be zero
CX = number of words to copy from protected mode to
real mode stack
ES:(E)DI= selector:offset of real mode register data
structure in the following format:
Offset Length Contents
00H 4 DI or EDI
04H 4 SI or ESI
08H 4 BP or EBP
0CH 4 reserved, ignored
10H 4 BX or EBX
14H 4 DX or EDX
18H 4 CX or ECX
1CH 4 AX or EAX
20H 2 CPU status flags
22H 2 ES
24H 2 DS
26H 2 FS
28H 2 GS
2AH 2 IP
2CH 2 CS
2EH 2 SP
30H 2 SS
Returns:
if function successful
Carry flag= clear
ES:(E)DI= selector:offset of modified real mode register
data structure
if function unsuccessful
Carry flag= 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:
o 32-bit programs must use ES:EDI to point to the real mode
register data structure. 16-bit programs should use
ES:DI.
o The CS:IP in the real mode register data structure
specifies the address of the real mode procedure to call.
o 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.
o The flags specified in the real mode register data
structure will be pushed on the real mode stack's IRET
frame. The procedure will be called with the interrupt
and trace flags clear.
o Values placed in the segment register positions of the
data structure must be valid for real mode; i.e. the
values must be paragraph addresses and not selectors.
o All general register fields in the data structure are
DWORDs so that 32-bit registers can be passed to real
mode. Note, however, that 16-bit hosts are not required
to pass the high word of 32-bit general registers or the
FS and GS segment registers to real mode even when
running on an 80386 or later CPU.
o The target real mode handler or procedure 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 or
discard the flags from the stack with a RETF(2) .
o When this function returns, the real mode register data
structure will contain the values that were returned by
the real mode procedure.
o It is the caller's responsibility to remove any
parameters that were pushed on the protected mode stack.