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From: "John M. Aldrich" <fighteer AT cs DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: -segread() and dos.h
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1996 22:49:29 -0700
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To: William Merril <wlmerril AT mtu DOT edu>
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William Merril wrote:
> 
> I am helping port a library from m$ C to djgpp 2.0 and have a bit
> of a problem.
> 
> When compiling the library, I get warnings that segread() is
> implicitly defined, which it is.  segread should be defined in
> dos.h, but I can't find it anywhere.
> 
> Does anyone have a suggestion or clue?

This may be a M$-specific function.  Please describe its purpose
and we'll try to suggest a DJGPP equivalent.

If its name is in any way indicative, however, it may not even be
necessary:  under protected mode in DJGPP there are no segments;
all memory is pooled into what is essentially one large segment.
This is also why MK_FP(), etc., are unecessary under DJGPP.  If
'segread()' is indeed such a function, you may want to read the
DJGPP Frequently Asked Questions list (available as v2/faq201b.zip
from your local SimTel mirror) for the various ways in which DPMI
can affect porting of 16-bit programs.

John

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John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I <fighteer AT cs DOT com>

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