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Date: | Thu, 26 Dec 1996 14:48:11 -0800 (PST) |
From: | Gene Buckle <geneb AT web DOT wa DOT net> |
To: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
cc: | djgpp AT delorie DOT com |
Subject: | Re: Need "fancy" trick... |
In-Reply-To: | <Pine.SUN.3.91.961226084824.6244Q-100000@is> |
Message-ID: | <Pine.LNX.3.93.961226144409.8523A-100000@web.wa.net> |
MIME-Version: | 1.0 |
> > Eli, my understanding of system() and the spawn() functions leads me to > > belive that the program that issues those calls could be swapped out of > > memory. This would be VERY bad. > > Your interrupt handler needs to be in locked memory, then it will never > be swapped. This has nothing to do with the way you call the child > programs. DJGPP has a library function to lock regions of memory (see > the docs of `__dpmi_lock_linear_region' in the libc reference). > Is it possible to use this method to lock the *entire* program? g.
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