Date: Wed, 23 Apr 1997 14:46:24 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Mark Habersack <grendel AT hoth DOT amu DOT edu DOT pl>
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To: Orlando Andico <orly AT gibson DOT eee DOT upd DOT edu DOT ph>
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Subject: Re: DOSemu again
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On Wed, 23 Apr 1997, Orlando Andico wrote:

> > P.S. I run Linux kernel v2.0.30
> 
> If you have kernel 2.0.30, why not upgrade to DOSemu 0.66.1? DOSemu
I cannot get to the ftp site it is on ;-((

> versions less than 0.66.1 use a kernel patch (or alternatively, a loadable
> module) called VM86PLUS in order to support "full feature DOSemu," e.g. 
> DPMI and company. kernel 2.0.28 (and up) also _have_ an upgraded vm86() 
> call, so this f*cks up the vm86() code in DOSemu versions that expect the
> VM86PLUS version. If you use 0.66.1 however, it is _aware_ of the kernel
> enhanced vm86() syscall and uses that; in fact the kernel vm86() call was
> integrated from the VM86PLUS supplied with older DOSemu releases. 
I have disabled the dosemu VM86PLUS and recompiled with that of kernel -
didn't work, so you're probably right about that version upgrade.