Physical addresses in protected mode?

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From: Chuck H. Chapman
Date: Fri, 21 Jun 1991 12:44

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I'm new to assembly language programming on the PC.  I need to do DMA transfers
to a device while running a protected mode program.  How do I figure out what
the physical address of the data I want to transfer is so I can pass this
address to the DMA controller so it can access the data?  It's easy in
real mode but how do you figure out physical addresses in protected mode?

Thanks in advance,
Chuck
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
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