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Date: Wed, 26 Jan 94 21:58:36 EST
From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu (Bob Babcock)
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject: swapping and real-mode callbacks
Reply-To: babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu

On the EMX list, Eberhard Mattes wrote (about EMX):
> Real-mode callbacks aren't implemented and won't get implemented.  You
> have to use a commercial DOS extender for that fancy stuff.  In
> general, it can't work reliably due because MS-DOS is not reentrant
> and swapping may occur in the callback.

Is swapping during a real-mode callback a potential problem with go32?

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