Date: Tue, 8 Feb 1994 12:24:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Gordon Hogenson <ghogenso AT mammoth DOT chem DOT washington DOT edu>
Subject: Re: Unsupported Ints
To: DJ Delorie <dj AT ctron DOT com>
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu



On Tue, 8 Feb 1994, DJ Delorie wrote:

> > Would it be a problem to actually have DJGPP say something to this
> > effect whenever an 'unsupported interrupt' message comes up, or perhaps
> 
> I can't think of anything better to say than "unsupported interrupt",
> which it already says.

How about: "unsupported interrupt: use go32_simulate_int instead" ?

> _go32_dpmi_simulate_int *always* works, regardless of mode.  int86()
> *always* works for those requests that go32 knows about.

... So the thing to do is to use int86[x] for everything except
the interrupts go32 doesn't know about.

Well, that's simple ... but not at all obvious to the casual observer.

Gordon