Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 10:31:25 -0800 (PST)
From: Evan Dickinson <evand AT wsunix DOT wsu DOT edu>
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Subject: Re: [opendos] Shared Libraries (was: FSSTND)
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On Fri, 21 Mar 1997, Alaric B. Williams wrote:
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> 
>  - Access to realmode DLLs
>  - Access to protmode DLLs in the way DPMI provides access to real mode ints; allocate
>    a transfer buffer in PM memory, use calls to copy stuff there, use a call 
>    to invoke the DLL
>  - Register a DLL (real or prot mode) file with the system (it will be demand loaded)
>  - Request/release memory map regions (screen mem etc), IO port ranges, IRQs.
>  - Enter protected mode
Just one minor nitpick:  When we get shared libraries, we should probably
use a different extension than DLL.  If we use a different extension,
it'll be easier to tell Windows DLLs from the OpenDOS variety.

Other suggestions:
 - ODL (OpenDOS Library)
 - SHL (Shared Library)

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