Hi!
after a million of manuals of asm and os development I started to develop a simple os.
I have a few questions about macros.
Can I use the proc32 and struct macros without using win32a.inc?
And there is any advance tutorial about macros? because all I found are a few examples.

Thanks!

PD: Sorry about my english... I hope you understand

Yes, you can include each file individually if you want to.

Hi, I have this program, that seems to work on windows.. I followed it with a debugger and everything works ok. But in my "command line" that is bootable program, it isnt work (I only use the procedure in my program, this code is a test).
What can be the problem?


use32

format PE

include "PROC32.H"

stdcall mode03h_clear, 0x90
jmp $

;-- ------------------------
;clean screen
;--------------------------
proc mode03h_clear, color:BYTE ; CLEAR (byte color)
mov ah,0x06
mov al,0x00
mov bh,[color]
mov ch,0x00
mov cl,0x00
mov dh,0x18
mov dl,0x4F
;int 0x10 ;This doesnt work on windows...
ret
endp

you use PE format as your bootable format?

no, That source is a test program... I used PE so I coud debug with ollydbg...

The booteable is flat binary... I can upload the source if you have some time to see them..

I believe problem is that you don't start 32bit protected mode before executing the code? Note that proc32.inc macros are written to be used in 32bit code, and PE is 32bit code too. And after you are in protected mode, interrupts doesn't work (so easily).

no .. I do start protected mode ...
but.. I use interrupts being on protected mode, so might that is the problem..
The program works until I use procedures.. please help!

I upload the sources...

one error, you cannot use bios int in PM
int 13h, disk read, is unusable under protected mode

because it is extracted from the IVT and not the IDT

ivt =/= idt

ivt = real mode
idt = protected mode

and even if the ivt = idt, in the most of case, code for RM doesn't work for PM.

ok .. Thanks! I'll learn a bit more about PM..
Cannot use interrupts means that I have to access everything direct from memory?

phreak: no. you should start by writing just real mode code. But real mode code is (usually) only 16 bit, and those macros are for 32bit code.

That means:
- write 16 bit real mode code
- don't use proc32.inc, it is for 32bit code

yes, and GOTO int13h topic in OS construction forum...

ja .. thanks for your help, but I want to use protected mode, no matter what it takes...

here

if you want to PM, the good section is OS construction...
why?
because people who are iterested in OS construction consult automatically this forum...
and possible they are not interrested by MAIN topic,, so they will not consult the new messages in MAIN...

ok, Thanks!