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I'm moving from real mode ;D to protected mode, but My procedure I used in rmode for detecting keypresses won't work in pmode because it uses interrupts! How do I get keyboard input in protected mode? (i sure hope it doesn't involve v86 mode or programming the PIC )

[glow=red,2,300]Thanx[/glow]

well, the most basic technique you can do is polling the 0x60 port for new datas:

char waitkey()
{ char k;
while ((k=inb(0x60))<128);
while (inb(0x60)>128);
}

Otherwise, you'll have to remap the interrupt vectors of 8259a to avoid collision with pmode exception and then ... you're back in terra cognita

sample code for 8259a re-programming can be found in my SOS system here

What's the inb function doing?

Reviving a 17 year old post?

The inb function reads a byte from an I/O port. It is an assembly instruction, have look in the wiki to see how it can be used from C: https://wiki.osdev.org/Inline_Assembly/ ... 2FO_access

Please don't bump old posts, especially posts from almost 17 years ago. I'll assume you haven't been on a lot of forums, so please read the forum rules so this won't happen again

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16944

-thomtl

Well let's consider one of those rules:



Strikes me that is exactly what has been done here. The answer sought for and found didn't quite answer everything and clarification was sought.
That proper behaviour has been rewarded with two put downs.

You're ignoring the fact that the simplest of searches (Google "inb function") will give a wealth of results showing exactly what the function does.

I agree with the "put downs" - bumping a seventeen-year old thread is not good practice. If necessary start a new thread.