Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 08:49:10 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, batchex wrote:

> Does this mean that no djgpp standard libraries (either C or C++
> libraries) use/clobber FS register?

Yes, the library doesn't modify FS.

> How about GS register?

Low-level library functions that interface with DOS/BIOS clobber GS.

> And
> approximately, how many selectors could I allocate before I ran
> out of them (I know this is specific to many factors, but please
> give me the approximate for pure DOS with emm386)?

The DPMI spec says this somewhere, I think.  I think 2048 descriptors
is required.

But only very special programs need that large number.