INT 15 - SYSTEM - SWITCH TO VIRTUAL MODE (AT,XT286,PS50+)           

Input

Output

AX

89h   FFh = Line20 Err   AX

BX

IRQ0 Interrupt IRQ8 Interrupt     BX

CX

 Offset into PM CS to jump to     CX

DX

        DX
DS:SI  GDT for Protected Mode Set on Error CF
        IRQ1 - 7 use the next 7 interrupts after IRQ0
        IRQ9 - F use the next 7 interrupts after IRQ8

GDT for Protected Mode

        offset 0h  null descriptor
               8h  GDT descriptor
              10h  IDT descriptor
              18h  DS
              20h  ES
              28h  SS
              30h  CS
              38h  uninitialized, used to build descriptor for BIOS CS


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