From: S|ren Pingel Dalsgaard <pingel AT daimi DOT aau DOT dk>
Subject: Question: DPMI and Sparc-code.
To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu (Gnu C++ Mailing list)
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 93 12:34:17 BST

Hi!
 
  I have just installed DJGPP 1.10 and found that in conjunction with 386MAX
version 6.02 causes some DPMI problems. My first installation refused to run
giving a "DPMI low memory"-error. I then re-installed the whole thing and it
worked. But as soon as djgcc (or any other program) needs to swap to disk I
get a DPMI error.
  I have 16Mb in my 80486. I am currently using 4Mb for cache and 2Mb for
a RAM-disk. This leaves about 9Mb extended memory. If I run the pagetest
program (in /samples) it works with arguments up to about 6000-7000 (no disk
swapping needed) but higher numbers result in an error.
  The program "memlimit" that comes with 386MAX allows me to disable DPMI.
With DPMI diabled there are no problems at all. That also applies to my first
(unsuccessful) installation of DJGPP, but I didn't want to have to disable and
enable DPMI every time I needed to compile a program or use a DJGPP compiled
program.
 
  And now: A QUESTION!
 
  Will DJGPP allow me to generate Sparc programs? I am going to take a course
(writing a compiler) at University, and we will most likely need the program
to generate code to be executed on a Sparc. I'd love to be able to sit at home
and develop the program, so anything that will produce Sparc code (from a
DJGPP compilation) will be considered a solution.
 
Soren Pingel Dalsgaard   pingel AT daimi DOT aau DOT dk
Viborgvej 29, 2.tv.
DK-8000  Aarhus
Denmark

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