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From:	sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
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Subject:	Re: go32-v2 memory chompage [was: Re: v2.03 refresh ...]
To:	eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il (Eli Zaretskii)
Date:	Tue, 11 Dec 2001 08:44:38 -0600 (CST)
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> > I don't see how a child program could know if it was run from 
> > go32-v2
> 
> I will try to think if there's a way, but even if there isn't, we could 
> arrange to have some way from now on.

I thought about comparing the results of getpsp with the si
I thought about comparing the results of a _dpmi_int getpsp (rm) with si

> > (If there is a way in dosexec to make it call go32-v2 less frequently,
> > should we consider that?)
> 
> I think the CVS version already does that.

Yes, but there are like 15 changes (some really major) in dosexec vs
2.03 - including all sorts of things we can't support.  If someone who
understands it bettter would point me at the revision which improved
this - great.  (If only the coff exists I don't see any way to avoid
calling go32-v2, but maybe we search for extensions if none?)

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