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OK, I have a serious problem here . My printf() function won't print more than 4 bytes of an integer. The way I see it, I can either re-write it, fix it, or figure out how to get those four bytes.

I need something like a HIINT() and LOINT() macro, I know this would work for LOINT: But I'm not sure about HIINT: Any ideas?

Oops, sorry, forgot to say what I was trying to print

I'm trying to print an unsigned long long (ie. 64 bits) as it's an entry in my GDT and I'm trying to figure out how to add my own entries (because I followed the kernel development tutorial at osdever.net).

Another question, for v8086 mode do I need to run it in DPL3, or can it run in DPL0 (ie. same as kernel)?

Try this to get the lowest 2 bytes: And this to get the highest 2 bytes independently (should theoretically work for both 32 and 64 bit types):

pcmattman wrote:But I'm not sure about HIINT:

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#define HIINT( x ) ( x >> 32 )

Any ideas?

The next would do for HIINT, though the AND mask is optional.

#define HIINT( x ) (( x & 0xFFFF0000 ) >> 16)