Re: Getting device driver options

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From: Jerzy Tarasiuk
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 1992 01:48

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>>>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 1992 20:50:32 GMT, ack@space.physics.uiowa.edu (Allen Kistler) said:
Allen> Here's a (hopefully) really simple question:
Allen> Suppose there's a statement like
Allen> DEVICE=C:\MYDRIVER option1 option2
Allen> in a CONFIG.SYS file.  What do you do inside the driver (preferably during
Allen> INIT processing) to read the options specified in the CONFIG.SYS file?

DWORD[request+0x10] (same which need to be set to point to BPB array)
contains pointer to string immediately following the '=' character in
"device=something" line. The line is terminated by CR or LF.
(note this is described in DOS Programmer's Reference, chapter
 Device Drivers, description of INIT command to driver)

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