Date:	Sat, 9 Dec 2000 14:45:53 -0700
From:	Bill Currie <bill AT taniwha DOT org>
To:	djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject:	Re: DJGPP & programs which use pocket drivers
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On Sat, Dec 09, 2000 at 08:04:17PM +0000, Marcin Juszkiewicz wrote:
>   Hi all
> 
>   I'm writing Ethernet brigde for DOS. At this moment I use Borland
> C++ 3.10 and have few small pocket driver tools written. But running
> DOSEmu under Linux after each program-freeze isn't comfortable.

Well, I suspect your code is getting stuck in your pants. You might have
better luck using packet drivers.	;)

> I have a question to you - Who have working examples of program
> which use pocket drivers for DJGPP?

I don't have any, but you might want to find wattcp (no urls handy, sorry).
This is a full(?) tcp/ip stack for dos and djgpp (I got it going once (only
tried ping)).

> I have lot's of those MK_FP etc macros and after reading DJGPP FAQ I
> discovered that totaly rewrite of my semi-working class will be needed
> ;(

Yeah, far pointers are the one area where it's almost impossible to port
things easily. You could try writing a c++ far pointer class. I had some
success doing this, but it produced ugly code at the time (gcc-2.7.2.1) and I
don't know where my code is at the moment.

Bill
-- 
Leave others their otherness. -- Aratak

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