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Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2003 13:49:35 +0200 (METDST)
From: Octavi Fors <ofors AT am DOT ub DOT es>
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Subject: Re: porting PCI card driver from NT to DOS
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Hi all,

Hans-Bernhard, thanks for so quick response. 

I understand porting to DOS would be complex, but do you it would
be possible, in theory. 
In particular, is djgpp able to handle PCI bus 32-bits I/O interrupts?
Which djgpp command could handle this?

Cheers,

Octavi.

> On 8 Apr 2003, Hans-Bernhard Broeker wrote:
>
> Octavi Fors <ofors AT am DOT ub DOT es> wrote:
> > -Could be possible to compile C source code of NT driver shown below with
> > djgpp? With how much effort? Minor changes of syntax or major changes?
> 
> *Very* major changes.  You'll have to effectively re-write all of the
> operating system interface layer of that driver from scratch, keeping
> only those parts of it that deal with the hardware --- and even those
> will need massive changes.
> 
> -- 
> Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
> Even if all the snow were burnt, ashes would remain.
>