Date: Mon, 6 Jul 1998 19:17:55 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
cc: Gerhard Gruber <sparhawk AT eunet DOT at>, djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: bash eats cycles
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On Mon, 6 Jul 1998, Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:

> > It could be due to the fact that __dpmi_yield issues INT 2Fh directly.  
> > That is why I suggested to try the newer version which does that via a 
> > DPMI call.
> 
> Ok, but what's so wrong with it? is the emulation in the NT's DPMI 
> server too slow?

The DPMI server might be actually unrelated to this, since issuing
INT 2Fh directly might not be handled by the DPMI.  At least that's how 
things work on Windows 9X: direct INT 2Fh instructions bypass the DPMI 
host and go directly to the DOS extender part of Windows.

> Well ... is M$ soft we can spect logical things from  it ;-)

Right...