Date: Fri, 3 Jan 1997 20:17:26 -0500
Message-Id: <199701040117.UAA18507@delorie.com>
From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
To: rainer AT nntp-gateMathematik DOT Uni-Bielefeld DOT DE
CC: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-reply-to: <E3FIAH.HLu@hermes.hrz.uni-bielefeld.de>
	(rainer AT nntp-gateMathematik DOT Uni-Bielefeld DOT DE)
Subject: Re: EMM386 (OpenDOS/Novell DOS 7 version) vs The World


> I wrote rsx, an DOS externder for EMX and DJGPP 1.x programs,

... and the world has been happy ever since, especially with
RSXNTDJ1.ZIP (rsx for djgpp v2).  Any future plans for it?

> and I have also problems with emm386 from Novell DOS 7.
> 
> The novell emm386 crashes if you modify the coprocessor state
> with the DPMI functions. You must remove this code from the
> C library (or go32 startup code) if your program should work 
> under Novell emm386.

No further work is being done with DJGPP version 1.  Does this problem
exist in DJGPP version 2 also?

In v2, I think this code is required for other cases, though.  Hmmm...

Workers: Can we reliably detect the Novell EMM386 and work around
this?  Sounds like a kludge, but the whole fpu emulation with DPMI has
been a trifle sneaky from the beginning.

DJ