Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 10:46:50 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Rich Dawe <rd5718 AT irix DOT bris DOT ac DOT uk>
cc: djgpp AT delorie DOT com
Subject: Re: Protected mode ints & the FAQ (for Eli Z)
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On Tue, 1 Dec 1998, Rich Dawe wrote:

> 	However, using these three steps results in a protection fault.
> The solution is not to use step 3, since the code then works fine - the
> function gets called, etc. This appears to work, because
> _go32_dpmi_chain_<blah>() calls the _go32_dpmi_set_<blah>() function for
> you (as can be seen by looking at the library source, lsr201.zip).

You are right, the FAQ is incorrect.  It seems the behavior was
changed in DJGPP v2, and I never noticed.  Thanks for pointing this
out, I will correct it in the next release.

Sorry for not catching this myself.