Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 14:03:01 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Peter Johnson <locke AT mcs DOT net>, Pierre Muller <muller AT cerbere DOT u-strasbg DOT fr>
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Subject: Re: NT4 DPMI BUG (303h, Allocate Real-Mode Callback)--ATTN: DJ , Deloie, Shawn Hargreaves, Eli Zaretskii
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On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Peter Johnson wrote:

> >   Having several different register structs has no point as 
> > the values of the registers are only garantued inside the call !
> > (See Ralph Brown Interrupt List !)
> 
> Unfortunately we cannot use this workaround without changing how the 
> interface works (unless we just ignore the passed registers structure, 
> which would be bad form, perhaps.. comments, Eli?).

To tell the truth, I don't really understand Pierre's comment, so I
cannot comment myself.

Pierre, could you please clarify what did you refer to as ``having
several different register structs''?