From: JeLlyFish DOT software AT gmx DOT net (Vinzent Hoefler)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Page Locking DOS memory
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 19:28:20 GMT
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rock2000 AT ntplx DOT com (Rock) wrote:

>I'm trying to lock a region of memory aquired through DPMI's 0x100
>function (Allocate DOS memoy). When I try to lock this region, it
>fails. Do I need to lock DOS memory? (The DPMI spec says that DOS
>memory is locked by default on *SOME* DPMIs). 

AFAIK, DOS memory can never be swapped out. It should be _real_
physical memory located below the 1MB boundary, so no locking should
be necessary.


Vinzent.