Mail Archives: djgpp/1996/04/01/08:58:46
> [] what happens to the real mode program which started a DPMI process when
> the latter terminates? I think DPMI terminates it, but correct me if I'm
> wrong.
DPMI takes care of it.
> [] what is actually used as a real mode transfer buffer in v2.00? As far
> as I understand the stub.asm, it's the stub's code segment, shrinked to
> an appropriate size. Is that right? If so, is the PSP left untouched for
> termination purposes?
Correct, although it usually *grows* the code segment (the stub is
currently only 2k). The PSP remains.
> depending on the linear addr and size of the image. But damnit, I think
> ld is unable to produce relocatable COFF executables. Or is it? This is my
> last question.
"ld -r -d" produces relocatable objects, but the stub can't load them
without extra stub code.
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