From: sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu (Charles Sandmann)
Message-Id: <9710030356.AA04937@clio.rice.edu>
Subject: Re: 32-bit DPMI host
To: Esa DOT Peuha AT Helsinki DOT FI
Date: Thu, 2 Oct 1997 22:56:29 -0600 (CDT)
Cc: djgpp-workers AT delorie DOT com
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SOL.3.96.971002102539.11599A-100000@kruuna.Helsinki.FI> from "Esa A E Peuha" at Oct 2, 97 10:33:58 am
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> I wasn't suggesting that every program should be loaded that way, just the
> DPMI host. Was there something wrong with this?

Since the stub and everything in DJGPP relies heavily on DPMI being available,
there is essentially nothing which can be reused.  MWDPMI, however, is
standalone, written in a combination of 16-bit real mode assembler (DJASM)
and 32-bit GCC (which is linked as a COFF .o file into the DJASM image).

I don't know if anyone has tested the COFF linkage in the last few releases.