From:	JP Morris <jmorris AT calderauk DOT com>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: PMode Newbie question
Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 1998 17:35:43 +0100
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Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, JP Morris wrote:
> 
> > > If you care about the free physical memory, use the function
> > > _go32_dpmi_remaining_physical_memory.  It returns only one number ;-).
> >
> > Does this function work in all cases, or does it rely on information
> > that is not necessarily provided by all DPMI servers?
> 
> Physical memory is supported by all servers, AFAIK.
> 
> (It's so much easier to try than to ask that I don't even understand why
> are you asking.)

There are three reasons for asking:

Firstly because it's not documented in INFO or in the version of the
FAQ, I have, (and I have those to hand).

Secondly because querying the DPMI using the alternative call -doesn't-
work on all DPMI servers that I've tried it on, I think it may use some
1.0 extensions which are not univerally supported.

Thirdly because I don't have a DPMI server that fails on this close to
hand, and finally because you seem to know everything there is to know
about the DJGPP memory systems, so I was considering you the definitive
authority :-)

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