Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2000 18:19:59 -0500 (EST)
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> When you temporarily change ES, and an assyncron signal will
> be raised, will the signal handler see the changed ES or the
> standard ES=DS?

I'm not sure I understand what do you mean by "assyncron signal will
be raised".  If you mean a signal such as SIGFPE, SIGINT or SIGALRM,
then the exception handler which converts the exception into a signal
makes sure DS=SS=ES before it calls the signal handler.