Int 2F Fn 0802 U - Driver.sys Support - Execute Device Driver Request (Cont.)
Note: the queue size field must be set before calling
0Dh "QueueWrite" put a character in the queue
DS:BX -> character queue (see #2287)
AL = character to append to end of queue
Return: ZF set if queue is full
ZF clear if character stored
0Eh "QueueRead" get a character from the queue
DS:BX -> character queue (see #2287)
Return: ZF set if queue is empty
ZF clear if characters in queue
AL = first character in queue
10h "GetDOSVar" return pointer to DOS variable
AL = index of variable
03h current process ID
BX = index into variable if AL specifies an array
CX = expected length of variable
Return: CF clear if successful
DX:AX -> variable
CF set on error
AX,DX destroyed
BX,CX destroyed
Note: the variables may not be modified
14h "Yield" yield CPU if higher-priority task ready to run
Return: FLAGS destroyed
1Bh "CritEnter" begin system critical section
DS:BX -> semaphore (6 BYTEs, initialized to zero)
Return: AX,BX,CX,DX destroyed
1Ch "CritLeave" end system critical section
DS:BX -> semaphore (6 BYTEs, initialized to zero)
Return: AX,BX,CX,DX destroyed
Note: must be called in the context of the process which
called CritEnter on the semaphore
Note: the DWORD pointing at the request queue must be allocated by the driver
and initialized to 0000h:0000h. It always points at the next request
to be executed
Format of European MS-DOS 4.0 character queue:
Offset Size Description (Table 2287)
00h WORD size of queue in bytes
02h WORD index of next character out
04h WORD count of characters in the queue
06h N BYTEs queue buffer