From: Damian Yerrick Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: C Library: mmap() function Organization: Pin Eight Software http://pineight.8m.com/ Message-ID: References: <970034480 DOT 596718 AT shelley DOT paradise DOT net DOT nz> <39d228f9 DOT sandmann AT clio DOT rice DOT edu> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.7/32.534 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 X-Trace: /Kkf2L9KXUu2/tk2hYW1Fbs767NUf8oFniBsEgYC22blbXCdU7FrrFnjh0PopmST0hVGqtsBTMRa!lVsZxiufnr+bWpSpBAtDSkkrPytw8C2i9+74Bjw+lbPayEnRlOfGkWBt0WWXu7OYcC7OeP6Tj0NJ!t7t30w== X-Complaints-To: abuse AT gte DOT net X-Abuse-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:45:03 GMT Distribution: world Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 14:45:03 GMT To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com On Wed, 27 Sep 2000 17:06:01, "Charles Sandmann" wrote: >> Windows: does DJGPP under Windows rely on the OS for virtual >> memory management? If so, then there's probably not much to >> be done about it, right? > >You could write VXDs to extend Window's DPMI features. No. The latest version of Windows 9x does not support VXDs at all. In fact, Microsoft eliminated VXD support from Windows ME because VXDs were discovered to play a role in most bluescreens. --