Hi, > Hi Japheth, > > Japheth escreveu: >> Btw, in the name of how many people are you speaking exactly? And what do >> you >> regard as "well tested". Because, as for me, I seriously doubt that a >> program >> is "well tested" just because some dozens (or some hundreds? I have no idea >> how big the FD user base is.) people boot FD with Himem, running their >> favorite handfull of apps occationally and then switch back to windows/linux. > > Lots of tests were done by lots of people here in the list. I understand > your point that lots of people can mean nothing... but those test were > of many programs running in many platforms. > > Just to name one: there was one bug-for-bug fix that enabled BC31 to > work, it was something about a register being 00h on exist of a certain > call. The bug was by Borland, but the result is that now we can use one > more impotant program that didn't work ;-)
AFAIR this was a DPMI issue, using int 31h, ax=0300h with register CX != ZERO because the FD kernel returned CX > 0 in a DOS version call and MS-DOS returned cx == 0. This issue is unrelated to Himem or Emm386. You should provide a better example. :) > I am not woried about parts that you fixed or rewrote, on the contrary, > you have a reputaion of very good code quality. What I am woried is that > some "compatibility fixes" could get lost. > I am planning to make a FreeDOS distro as of my own ideas. I personaly > never had problems with emm386 since Michael's last version but I would > like to know which is more appropriate for a "general" distribution. All I have to say is said already in the readme/history files. If you have worries, and FD Emm386 works fine for you, then there is no reason to care about Jemm. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
