Re: Kernel mode programming in VC++

Hello again!

Thank you for the precious input...
Let me explain the problem.
In my Win32 application, I need to induce a delay in microsecond. I knew
that it is pretty impossible in Windows 'coz of its multi-tasking nature.
While searching some other forum I came to know the only way of doing this
in Windows is to hook into the OS itself.
I picked an assembly routine from the forum, which the author claims as a
microsecond variant of ::sleep()

The intel-compatible code is...
syntax - CALL Pause(uSecs%)
;where uSecs% is the number of microseconds to pause
;Note: Maximum acceptable value is 27,500 microseconds.
; Checking is performed on entry.
..Model Medium,BASIC
..Code
Pause Proc, uSecs:Ptr
push si
mov si,uSecs ;get the address for uSecs%
lodsw ;put the number of microseconds into AX
cmp ax,27500 ;exit if value out of range
ja exit
mov bx,25 ;calculate number of timer
mul bx ; cycles equivalent to the
mov bx,21 ; specified number of
div bx ; microseconds
mov bx,ax ;transfer result to BX
;Disable timer 2.
in al,61h ;clear bit 0 of I/O port 61h
jmp short $+2
and al,0FEh
out 61h,al
jmp short $+2
;Initialize timer 2 for mode 0 operation with word-size initial count.
cli ;disable interrupts
mov al,0B0h ;output control byte
out 43h,al
jmp short $+2
mov al,bl ;send low byte of count
out 42h,al
jmp short $+2 ;tiny delay
mov al,bh ;then the high byte
out 42h,al
jmp short $+2 ;tiny delay
;Reinitialize timer 0 to make sure a time-of-day interrupt doesn't occur.
mov al,36h ;mode 3 with word-size divisor
out 43h,al
jmp short $+2
xor al,al ;set interrupts for every
out 40h,al ; 65,536 cycles
jmp short $+2
out 40h,al
jmp short $+2
sti ;enable interrupts
;Start the countdown by enabling timer 2.
in al,61h ;set bit 0 of I/O port 61h
jmp short $+2
or al,01h
out 61h,al
jmp short $+2
;Loop until the count has reached zero.
readloop:
mov al,80h ;latch timer 2
out 43h,al
jmp short $+2 ;tiny delay
in al,42h ;read count
jmp short $+2 ;tiny delay
mov ah,al
in al,42h
jmp short $+2 ;tiny delay
xchg al,ah
or ax,ax ;loop if count hasn't
jns readloop ; reached zero
Exit:
pop si
Ret ;return to VBASIC
Pause Endp
End

Here, the author claims that this routine can be called from VB. If that is
true, I think that it should also be feasible to call this routine in VC++
using __asm { } block. I didn't try this on VB, but on VC++ it is giving
"Privileged instruction" error.

Is there any way I can call this routine as a Windows application? or
Is there any way I can induce microsecond delay in my Windows application?
It's acceptible for me that to obtain the delay in microsecond the
multi-tasking ability of the Windows needs to be disabled!!! for some
definite interval of time.

Eagerly awaiting for a very positive response :))

Best Regards,
Arun


"Joseph M. Newcomer" <newcomer@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:hheqa2h8c8cnfovig4gmu2f4086169shk4@xxxxxxxxxx
Forget it. This is not possible. There is no "easy solution" of the kind
you are hoping
for. You will need to write a device driver, which has to be written in
pure C, and which
follows complex rules unrelated to what applications do. You will have to
rewrite your
code to open the device driver.

Note that you can't "encapsulate the code" as you think you might be able
to; a device
driver follows a massive number of very specific and critical rules and
you can't just
throw code at it.

By the way, a device driver does not issue IN and OUT instructions either;
it calls the
Hal functions READ_PORT_xxx and WRITE_PORT_xxx where xxx is UCHAR, USHORT,
or ULONG.
joe

On Thu, 6 Jul 2006 20:34:41 +0530, "Arun" <arunkumar.v2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Hello Experts,

I have an asm routine which uses privileged instructions like in,
out,
cli, etc., I need to execute this as a Win32 application under VC++.
Since the instructions are privileged, I can't execute the same under
User
mode as a normal Win32 application, so I have to execute this routine in
kernel mode.

One solution is to encapsulte the routine as a Device driver for Windows
&
call the same from the application, but, I am looking out for a easy
solution. Please help...

Thank you.

Regards,
Arun


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