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Date: | Mon, 11 Feb 2002 15:43:44 +0200 (IST) |
From: | Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> |
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Subject: | Re: DPMI question. |
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On Mon, 11 Feb 2002, Joel Saunders wrote: > In v86 mode, you can't switch to Protected Mode, because you're allready > in it. But DPMI providers like CWSDPMI allow protected mode programs > like ones made with DJGPP to access P Mode from v86 mode. V86 is not protected mode, it's a special variant of protected mode (there's a certain bit in EFLAGS that's on, which makes the CPU behave as it does in V86 mode). Entering protected mode switches to a full protected mode.
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