Date: Wed, 18 Dec 1996 12:20:35 -0500
Message-Id: <199612181720.MAA26651@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
CC: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu, djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <Pine.SUN.3.91.961218170324.23536B-100000@is> (message from Eli
	Zaretskii on Wed, 18 Dec 1996 17:08:59 +0200 (IST))
Subject: Re: _dos_ds


> If so, this feature should be removed, IMHO.  It doesn't make sense to 
> allow access to the entire address space if whoever indeed needs it must 
> make additional DPMI calls anyway.  What we get is security hole without 
> any real gain for the good guys.
>
> Near pointers are *advertised* to be a dangerous thing, and users are 

I'd agree to set it back to 1Mb *if* the documentation for _dos_ds
tells you why, and how to get to memory above 1Mb.

Relevent pointers to this in other sections of the manual and FAQ
would be useful also.