Hi all, what has been known as the "daily 2035 cvs stable build" kernel for over a year now has a new name and a new home:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5109 now has a file release "FreeDOS kernel 2036test". The "test" in the name simply means that I could add some last minute changed and make a new file release called 2036 if there are bugs in 2036test or if there are important features missing. Otherwise I would just rename 2036test to 2036 eventually. Talking about renaming: I renamed com082pl3-bin to com082pl3-bin8086 and renamed the release "082pl3" to "082pl3 (use xmsswap for 386+ PC)" because more than 10000 people had downloaded the 8086 non-XMS-swap binary while only 3500 had downloaded the "correct" (for everybody who has XMS memory, XMS SWAP is a very good thing to have) file com082pl3-xmsswap to get FreeCOM 0.82pl3... (You cannot actually rename files, so I had to delete the 8086 non-XMS-swap file and re-upload it under another name, which reset the download statistics, sorry...) The FreeDOS build 2036 kernel is available in source version (511681 byte zip) and in binary version (349773 byte zip). The latter contains 4 different OpenWatcom builds: With and without FAT32 support and 8086 and 386+ versions. The 386+ versions only run on 386+ computers and the FAT32 versions are a bit bigger than those without FAT32. Both zips also contain the (updated) documentation. The release notes (basically telling the same as this mail) and the CHANGELOG can be found on http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=418615&group_id=5109 but be aware that the changelog has to be cleaned up: It has to be split into HEAD and UNSTABLE specific changes. As a next step, I would like to update the UNSTABLE kernel branch. If anybody can tell me how this is accessible via cvs, that is. Otherwise I have to download the source zip from fdos.org and upload something based on that as a file release without connecting the changes to the SF.net CVS in any way... I hope you enjoy the updated kernel. At least the new version number will hopefully make bug reporting and knowing whether somebody has the current kernel a lot simpler. Talking about version ident functionality, it would be very helpful if the FreeCOM VER command (ver.c) could do "if system is FreeDOS then show ASCIIZ string at DX:AX returned by int 21.33ff" - a simple patch for those who have a working compile environment for the FreeCOM command.com shell. If you already had the kernel from fdos.org, then you should still download the binary file release to enjoy the changelog :-). Functionality-wise, the SF.net 2036 kernel differs to the fdos.org kernel only in a DBCS/Korean stub and in the removal of the "old buggy EMM386 immunity patch" from 2036. I other words, if you insist on using a 386-optimized kernel with an old version of free-EMM386, you cannot use 2036 but must use fdos.org 2035- something kernels. EMM386 got fixed some time last summer... Summary: Check the new changelog on http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=418615&group_id=5109 and check the binaries with the shiny new name "build 2036" on http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=5109 but if you already knew the fdos.org daily builds, then 2036 will be very much like 2035-HEAD for you. And while you are at it, if you have been using FreeCOM com082pl3-bin in the past then you should really change to com082pl3-xmsswap if you have any XMS around (HIMEM loaded). If you want a newer FreeCOM, check fdos.org, where you can also find the 2035-UNSTABLE kernel. If you are familiar with our cvs, let me know how I can update and build a file release for 2035-UNSTABLE (which will be named 2037pre). That's about it :-) Eric PS: If you want Turbo C compiled kernels published, please help compiling them. Somehow my Turbo C does not like the current source snapshot...? ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list Freedos-kernel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
