From:	<peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu> (Bob Babcock)
Subject:	swapping and real-mode callbacks
Organization:	Kaleida Labs, Inc.
Reply-To:	babcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu
Originator:	daemon AT talisman DOT kaleida DOT com
Date:	27 Jan 94 02:58:36 GMT
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Reply-To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson 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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