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echo: os2prog
to: Carsten Wimmer
from: Peter Fitzsimmons
date: 1994-10-24 02:59:40
subject: Protected Mode and DPL`s

CW> According to the kernel debugger my DS sometimes has a DPL of 0
 CW> and sometimes one of 3.

User programs (as opposed to ring 0 kernel code like DD's) have a privilege
level of 3;  your DS register must be loaded with a pointer to some user
data at that point.


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