Date:	Thu, 18 Mar 93 09:09:29 EST
From:	DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
To:	ccc AT sun4 DOT ee DOT ncku DOT edu DOT tw, "\\"@ctron.com
Cc:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Re: DPMI & new GO32

>1, faster interface into MS-DOS file operations.

2.0 should be somewhat faster, but never as fast as a native 16-bit
program.

>2, speaking of memory mapping, what about memory mapped files?

in 2.0

>3, man pages of the library functions and utilities.

Hopefully in 2.0 also.

>4, a port of TCP/IP, using the Crynwr Packet Drivers as the network interface
>   drivers.  IP, ARP, TCP, UDP, socket libraries, and the Sun RPC library 
>   should all be ported.  A good start is the MIT/CMU PC/IP.  I had thought
>   of porting PC/IP to DJGPP, but GO32 changes regularly and I hadn't make
>   my lazy bones start to do the port until something stable and not changing
>   frequently comes up.  Perhaps a somewhat union real-protected interface
>   can be supported in the new GO32?

2.0 should make this project trivial.  If not, we did 2.0 wrong.

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