Date: Fri, 18 Apr 1997 16:39:56 -0400 (EDT)
From: Pierre Phaneuf <pp AT 55-174 DOT hy DOT cgocable DOT ca>
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Subject: Re: Usage of directory entries
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On Fri, 18 Apr 1997, Mark Habersack wrote:

> > I think we should put this off a little, as the Right Way to do DLL
> > loaders is in the kernel or close to it, so it can manage multiple
> > programs using the same DLL (not loading the same stuff multiple times).
> Hmm... in case of DOS it's rather in EMM386 (or similar pmode server) hands...

Huh? EMM386 isn't a pmode server AFAIK... Well, not a DPMI server at
least. The code for a DLL loader should be at the very same place the code
to load .EXE files is. Probably in the DOS kernel. In Linux, the code to
load ELF binaries, both executables and shared libraries (both cases
shares code) is in the same module.

> > "Use the Source Luke!" - Obi Wan Kenobi
> Sure,I will!

;-)

Pierre Phaneuf