I386_VM86(2)            NetBSD/i386 System Calls Manual           I386_VM86(2)

NAME
     i386_vm86 -- set virtual 8086 processor registers and mode

LIBRARY
     i386 Architecture Library (libi386, -li386)

SYNOPSIS
     #include <sys/types.h>
     #include <signal.h>
     #include <machine/mcontext.h>
     #include <machine/segments.h>
     #include <machine/sysarch.h>
     #include <machine/vm86.h>

     int
     i386_vm86(struct vm86_struct *vmcp);

DESCRIPTION
     i386_vm86() will set the process into virtual 8086 mode using the regis-
     ters and selectors specified by the context pointed to by vmcp.  The pro-
     cessor registers are set from vmcp->substr.regs, and the emulated proces-
     sor type from vmcp->substr.ss_cpu_type.

     The kernel keeps a pointer to the context, and uses the tables stored at
     vmcp->int_byuser and vmcp->int21_byuser for fast virtual interrupt han-
     dling.  If the n th bit is clear in the first of these arrays, then the
     kernel may directly emulate the real-mode x86 INT n instruction handling.
     If the n th bit is set, then the process is delivered a signal when an
     INT instruction is executed.

     Since MS-DOS puts many DOS functions onto interrupt 21, it is handled
     specially:  the k th bit in the vmcp->int21_byuser array is checked when
     INT 21 is requested and the ah register is k.

RETURN VALUES
     This routine does not normally return: 32-bit mode will be restored by
     the delivery of a signal to the process.  In case of an error in setting
     the VM86 mode, a value of -1 is returned and the global variable errno is
     set to indicate the error.

ERRORS
     i386_vm86() will fail if:

     [EFAULT]  The state at vmcp was not readable to the user process.

REFERENCES
     i386 Microprocessor Programmer's Reference Manual, Intel

NetBSD 5.0_STABLE              February 20, 1996             NetBSD 5.0_STABLE
