[clug] Re: Real mode interrupt vectors

[Martijn van Oosterhout]

On Thu, Apr 03, 2003 at 12:23:37PM +1000, Michael Still wrote:
> Which seems to be calling the interrupt, because I call int 6, and my int
> 6 handler halts the CPU. I see haltedness of the machine, and it is
> therefore running.
> 
> My new problem is, the interrupt handler wants to use subroutines defined
> in the code segment which setup the interrupt handler. However, when I do
> this, I get a "EBDA to big" message. Surfing seems to indicate this is a
> LILO telling me about my dodgy kernel thing.
> 
> Will the interrupt magically be in the right code segment, or do I need to
> use the value I saved when I setup the interrupt handler myself?

Ok, when the interrupt handler is called, the CS will be fine but *all other
registers* will be undefined, including DS (data seg) and SS (stack seg).
You shouldn't need to worry about the SS unless you plan on storing more
than a kilobyte on the stack. OTOH, if you want to access any of your
variables you'll need to fix the DS (or use the CS: override). The usual way
is:

  push cs
  pop ds

Assuming your code and data are in the same segment. Since you don't intend
for your interrupt to return you don't need to worry about saving registers
either.

Hope this helps,
-- 
Martijn van Oosterhout   <kleptog at svana.org>   http://svana.org/kleptog/
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