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RSX4EMX.TXT DPMI-RSX (c) Rainer Schnitker 2/94
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(out of date ; should updated for rsx4)
There are some diffences between EMX(under DOS) and RSX(under DPMI).
Also some things are not implemented in one version.
"emx" below means EMX-0.8 under DOS, not OS/2
AX=7F00H sbrk()
AX=7F01H brk()
both:
only positive values are allowed ( < EMX0.8h)
libc-malloc returns NULL, if user has called brk,sbrk
AX=7F02H ulimit()
both:
command code must be 3 ( return greatest possible break_value )
AX=7F03H vmstat()
rsx:
cannot used (EMX internal)
AX=7F04H umask1()
both:
file permission mask is not used
AX=7F05H getpid()
AX=7F06H spawnve()
both:
P_SESSION, P_DETACH cannot used.
command line is restricted to 128 characters
rsx:
all programs get the environment from father process
P_OVERLAY (RM programs) close the EMX program
emx:
real-mode programs get environment from EMX
P_OVERLAY not allowed for RM programs.
AX=7F08H ptrace()
both:
PTRACE_TRACEME, PTRACE_SESSION ignored
rsx:
FP-status not implemented yet
AX=7F09H wait()
both:
wait() returns immediately (no multitasking)
emx:
wait() is currently implemented only for processes being debugged
and for synchronous processes started with P_NOWAIT
AX=7F0AH emxversion()
rsx:
DPMI flag, 387 flag, -ac flag are always true
AX=7F0BH memavail()
rsx:
this value includes virtual memory
AX=7F0CH signal()
AX=7F0DH kill()
emx:
it does not switch processes
rsx:
kill switch programs (only to children)
AX=7F0EH raise()
emx:
core dump file will be created unless the -c emx option is used
rsx:
no core file
AX=7F0FH uflags()
rsx:
cannot used
AX=7F10H unwind()
AX=7F11H core()
rsx:
not implemented
AX=7F12H portaccess()
emx:
-ai option must be used to enable _portaccess
rsx:
DPMI-server must support a port access
option -ai ignored, _portaccess enabled
AX=7F13H memaccess()
both:
the -am option must be used to enable _memaccess
rsx:
very dangerous, DPMI-server must catch access to A0000H-BFFFFH
AX=7F14H ioctl2()
AX=7F15H alarm() Set alarm clock
rsx:
SIGALRM will only be raised after a int 0x21
AX=7F16H emx internal
AX=7F17H sleep()
AX=7F18H chsize()
AX=7F19H fcntl()
both:
O_NDELAY is only implemented for handle 0 (keyboard)
O_GETFD and O_SETFD are not implemented under DOS
AX=7F1AH pipe()
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F1BH fsync()
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F1CH fork()
emx:
not implemented under DOS
rsx:
fork() switch to child, parent stopped (like P_WAIT)
AX=7F1DH scrsize()
AX=7F1EH select()
rsx:
not implemented
AX=7F1FH syserrno()
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F20H stat()
both:
only some fields are valid
AX=7F21H fstat()
both:
only some fields are valid
AX=7F23H filesys()
rsx:
only "FAT" returned
AX=7F24H utimes()
AX=7F25H ftruncate()
AX=7F26H clock()
AX=7F27H ftime()
AX=7F28H umask()
AX=7F29H getppid()
AX=7F2AH nls_memupr()
rsx:
not implemented
AX=7F2BH open()
emx:
path name must not be longer than 65531 bytes
rsx:
path name must not be longer than 5192 bytes
AX=7F2CH newthread()
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F2DH endthread()
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F2EH waitpid
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F2FH read_kbd()
AX=7F30H sleep2()
AX=7F31H unwind2()
AX=7F32H pause()
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F33H execname()
both:
not implemented under DOS
AX=7F34H initthread()
both:
not implemented under DOS
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registers at start:
emx:
CS = 10H
DS = ES = SS = FS = GS = 17H
ESP = stack, EIP = entry point
rsx:
CS = DPMI-selector ( code segment )
DS = ES = FS = DPMI-selector = CS + 8 ( data segment )
SS = DPMI-selector = CS + 16 ( special expand-down stack segment)
CS,DS,ES,FS have the same linear base address.
GS = selector to first megabyte (DOS memory)
ESP = stack, EIP = entry point
others = 0
