vga_getgraphmem(3)

NAME
vga_getgraphmem - returns the address of the VGA memory

SYNOPSIS
#include <vga.h> unsigned char *graph_mem; /* This declaration is already in vga.h */ unsigned char *vga_getgraphmem(void);

DESCRIPTION
returns a pointer to the 64K VGA frame buffer window. vga_setpage(3), vga_setreadpage(3) and vga_setwritepage(3) allow to select which page of the VGA memory shows up at this position. vga_setlinearaddressing(3) maps all VGA memory at a consecutive memory area (if the hardware supports it). In this mode, vga_getgraphmem() will return the location of this area too. You can also access the global variable graph_mem, which will also contain this address. Most demos, esp. vgatest(6) show the simple direct use of this function to access screen memory.

SEE ALSO
svgalib(7), vgatest(6), fun(6), testlinear(6), vga_setlinearaddressing(3), vga_claimvideomemory(3), vga_getmodeinfo(3), vga_setpage(3), vga_setreadpage(3), vga_setwritepage(3),

AUTHOR
This manual page was edited by Michael Weller <eowmob@exp-math.uni-essen.de>. The exact source of the referenced function as well as of the original documentation is unknown. It is very likely that both are at least to some extend are due to Harm Hanemaayer <H.Hanemaayer@inter.nl.net>. Occasionally this might be wrong. I hereby excuse by the correct author and will happily accept any additions or corrections to this first version of the svgalib manual.