Date: Fri, 02 Jun 95 15:27:36 -0400 From: Wonkoo Kim To: rbabcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu, djgpp users Reply-To: Wonkoo Kim Subject: Re: DJGPP in DOS session under OS/2 Warp? > Date: Fri, 02 Jun 95 13:44:23 -0400 > From: peprbv AT cfa0 DOT harvard DOT edu > To: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu > Reply-To: rbabcock AT cfa DOT harvard DOT edu > Subject: Re: DJGPP in DOS session under OS/2 Warp? > > > Anyways ... going back to original question ... I think you can run DJGPP > > in a DOS VDM without any problems. I was talking to somebody about this > > just the other day. The guy I was talking to did mention that there is a > > "quirk" with the DJGPP GO32 extender in a DOS VDM. I can't remember what > > it was 'tho. > > The quirk is that you need to use the real-mode gcc when compiling, but this > has no performance implications. (Remember that gcc is merely a control I think you don't have to use real-mode gcc if system memory is enough. I could compile with regular gcc without troubles. > program which calls cpp, cc1, etc. to do the real work.) The other problem > is that, for the most part, the djgpp graphics libraries don't work under > DPMI, nor does the method some programs use to get at the first MB of memory > (including text video memory). GO32 v2 will be DPMI-only, so requiring that > your code work under DPMI now is a good thing. //-------------------------------------------------------------------- // Wonkoo Kim // wkim+@pitt.edu