On Tuesday 20 March 2007 22:41, Eric Auer wrote:
> Hi Wesley,
>
> > how does djgpp turn a Un*x binary into a DOS executable?
> > There's a 32-bit DOS stub that gets attached...
>
> That is not the only difference. DJGPP also links with
> a DOS specific C library, because for example the kernel
> calls needed to open a file differ from those used on
> a Linux system. The memory model is also different in
> DOS, even after you add that 32 bit loader stub, so you
> can say that DJGPP is more than a modified configuration
> for GCC. It is more a special GCC system for DOS.

So that you would need a proper cross-compiler.  Thanks, Eric.  I wasn't sure.
>
> Eric
>
>
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