Note: This API calls are shared between DOS and Win16 personality.
DPMI is a shared interface for DOS applications to access Intel 80286+ CPUs services. DOS DMPI host provides core services for protected mode applications. Multitasking OS with DOS support also provides DMPI in most cases. Windows standard and extended mode kernel is a DPMI client app. Standard and extended mode kernel differs minimally and shares common codebase. Standard Windows kernel works under DOSX extender. DOSX is a specialized version of 16-bit DPMI Extender (but it is standard DPMI host). Standard mode is just DPMI client, exnhanced mode is DPMI client running under Virtual Machime Manager (really, multitasker which allow to run many DOS sessions). Both modes shares DPMI interface for kernel communication. The OS/2 virtual DOS Protected Mode Interface (VDPMI) device driver provides Version 0.9 DPMI support for virtual DOS machines. Win16 (up to Windows ME) provides Version 0.9 DPMI support. Windows in Standard Mode provides DPMI services only for Windows Applications, not DOS sessions.
DPMI host often merged with DPMI extender. Usually DPMI extender provide DPMI host standard services and DOS translation or True DPMI services.
Int 31H, AH=02H, AL=04H
Version
0.9
Brief
Get Protected Mode Interrupt Vector
Input
AX = 0204H
BL = interrupt number
Return
Carry flag = clear (this function always succeeds) CX:(E)DX = selector:offset of exception handler
Notes
Returns the address of the current protected mode interrupt handler for the specified interrupt.
The value returned in CX is a valid protected mode selector, not a real mode segment address.
32-bit clients will be returned a 32-bit offset in the EDX register.
DPMI hosts must make all 100H (256) interrupt vectors available through this function.
See also
Note
Text based on http://www.delorie.com/djgpp/doc/dpmi/