Date: Tue, 9 May 2000 11:53:10 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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On Mon, 8 May 2000, DJ Delorie wrote:

> Note that ggc-page also uses /dev/zero, which djgpp doesn't have.

This should be easy to provide via an FSEXT.  If the code is private
to GCC sources, none of the complications with using FSEXT in the
library apply.

> Or, it needs to be able to map anonymous pages, which may also be
> hard with DJGPP.

Does that "Or" mean that if /dev/zero is available, mapping anonymous
pages is not required?  Or does gcc-page require mapping in any case?