Mail Archives: djgpp/1999/05/05/08:17:07
Nate Eldredge wrote:
>
> Guillermo Rodriguez Garcia wrote:
> >
> > El día Sun, 2 May 1999 11:32:56 +0300 (IDT), Eli Zaretskii
> > <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> escribió:
> >
> > >
> > >On Sat, 1 May 1999, Alexander_Pankov wrote:
> > >
> > >> How to compile with DJGPP exe without extender?
> > >
> > >DJGPP-compiled programs don't include any extender.
> >
> > What is go32, then?
> >
> > DJGPP compiled programs don't use an *external * extender (like dos4gw
> > and others), but they use go32, which is itself a built-in DOS
> > extender.
>
> Not in v2.x, they don't.
>
> go32 was indeed a DOS extender, used for v1.x. It could be "internal"
> (merged with the executable) or "external" (a separate file), but was
> always needed. In v2.x it is gone; all protected-mode stuff is handled
> through DPMI.
>
> There are still some functions with `_go32' names for historical
> reasons, but they're now implemented in terms of DPMI, and go32.exe is
> gone.
Do we need to include cwsdpmi.exe with djgpp-compiled programs? I
haven't much knowledge of protected mode stuff...too lazy :)
Chris
>
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> Nate Eldredge
> nate AT cartsys DOT com
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