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Hi, i was wondering how could i call interrupt in protected mode.
So i tried to switch to real mode, execute interrupt, and switch back to protected mode.
Well i use MS VS 2010 Ultimate C++ compiler and i got error "C2415: improper operand type".
This is what i do: Please help me since i placed release date to tommorow !
How to fix this?

You're not calling interrupt with intr number, but accessing value at address intr and using it as interrupt number.

I don't think that is a legal instruction, you are also overwriting your ax/eax value before the interrupt. You might be able to define some asm data bytes like
From memory I think the int opcode = 0x20 but you can check this. Another option would be to create the code as a Macro like
and use this straight in your function. You could extend this macro to set the registers with values too.

lukaandjelkovic wrote:Please help me since i placed release date to tommorow

In SudoBIOS the interrupt number is a stack parameter used to index a copy of the original real mode IDT entry which is saved in a
global variable which is then used as an indirect call (after pushing the flags) to simulate an int instruction.

b.zaar wrote:

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#define INT(intr) asm{int intr}

and use this straight in your function. You could extend this macro to set the registers with values too.

I like nice people. Thanks Zaar!

b.zaar wrote:From memory I think the int opcode = 0x20 but you can check this.

INT opcode is 0xCD.

lukaandjelkovic wrote:Hi, i was wondering how could i call interrupt in protected mode.
So i tried to switch to real mode, execute interrupt, and switch back to protected mode.
Well i use MS VS 2010 Ultimate C++ compiler and i got error "C2415: improper operand type".
This is what i do:

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void intupt(char intr) // Call interrupt function, INTR is number of interrupt
{
	pm2rm(); //Protected Mode to Real Mode
	__asm
	{
		mov al, [intr] //Put INTR to register AL
		int al // Call interrupt using register AL
	}
	rm2pm(); //Real Mode to Protected Mode
}

Please help me since i placed release date to tommorow !
How to fix this?

Looks like you cannot use a register with the INT instructions (INT imm8, INT 33, INTO).
http://pdos.csail.mit.edu/6.828/2006/readings/i386/INT.htm

You must be trying to dynamically call interrupts from a routine given the interrupt number.

The best way to do it is to keep your routine that calls interrupts, then you must perform exactly the actions that the INT instruction performs, and Calculate the Address of the Interrupt Vector and do a Manual Far Call or a Manual Far Jump to that address.

Instead of modifying the opcode of the INT instruction, just emulate that instruction.
Then you can call that interrupt manually given the register with the INT number you want to use.

However, try to use the stack or reload the register you want to use with the value the actual Interrupt Service expects, once you calculate the far address, or you will get in the way of the parameters for the actual interrupts and it will sill be a bad, dirty implementation to fix for tomorrow.




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If you try to implement self-modifying code, it will surely become unstable and will just not last in your project (it will be deleted after proving that it is unstable).

omarrx024 wrote:

b.zaar wrote:From memory I think the int opcode = 0x20 but you can check this.

INT opcode is 0xCD.

Cheers, I was off by a mile...

lukaandjelkovic wrote:Please help me since i placed release date to tommorow !

Oh dear, I guess you should read Beginner Mistakes and be prepared for probably the most important learning moment