Date: Tue, 9 Dec 1997 12:33:53 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Doug Gale <dgale AT mailexcite DOT com>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: use esp?
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On Mon, 8 Dec 1997, Doug Gale wrote:

> The cli instruction is VERY slow in protected mode (it takes hundreds of
> cycles).

Minor correction: this depends heavily on the DPMI host.  Some of them
don't trap CLI, so it runs just like in real mode.