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─────<conforming> Attribute─────────────────────────────────────────────────
 
     Used by:  CODE, SEGMENTS
 
     Determines whether a code segment is an 80286 "conforming" segment
     for device drivers and system-level code. For OS/2 only.
 
     Keyword           Purpose
 
     CONFORMING        Specifies that the segment executes at the
                       caller's privilege level. When IOPL=YES is
                       specified in CONFIG.SYS, no call gates are
                       generated for calls or jumps.
 
     NONCONFORMING     Default. Specifies that the segment can be
                       accessed from Ring 2. When IOPL=YES is specified
                       in CONFIG.SYS, call gates are generated.
 
     For more information, refer to Intel documentation for the 80286
     processor and later.
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