Tom, >> How many users do you have ? > I have no idea - and don't care.
>> Of these, how many understands this level of detail, /and/ in addition, will >> care ? > answering this question would imply that /you/ understand the problem. > you don't. Now, is that not arrogance ! This kind of remarks is best avoided, it is not a way to prove your competence which has not been disputed anyway. > I just wrote the code to put the environment where it is (in 2001), > that's all. and it's placed where it is for a *very* good reason. > just think a bit about it If there is such a reason, you should be able to state it, for the benefit of us all who are not geniuses like you. Please *enlighten* me ! >>> the FreeDOS kernel relocates the XBDA. >> Really ? Will it ? The kernel I'm using will /not/ do it, certainly not by >> default. > this is either a bug, or your XBDA behaves somewhat different. An XBDA is an XBDA is an XBDA, furthermore this is observed on more than one machine. I"m using a kernel v. 2040 with XMS swapping compiled in. An " SWITCHES = /E " directive in Config.sys is ignored silently - no error flagged. My conclusion has been that the option was reserved but unimplemented. Is kernel 2041 different in this respect ? > an unrelated story. Agreed. > Why these latter limits would be thus hard-coded is beyond me. b7ff is shorter then 'the highest location in conventional memory' Really ? 80x86 systems /other/ than the "standard Wintel PC" (a moving goal anyway) should be able to run a DOS efficiently. Think out of the matrix! let's not be formatted by years of IBM/Microsoft/Intel/PCI-SIG...whoever's... idea of what a PC/DOS machine must be like. Rant and digression over. ... Snipping repetitive stuff... >> Casually peeking at Freecom source, branch MAIN, init.c v 1.31, ... >> I'm not sure what is to be gained by using 'lastfit' even in upper memory. ... >> Hoping someone will take the challenge, > left as an exercise to the reader. suffice it to say: you wouldn't like the > adverse effects. Is there a FreeCOM 'blueprint' or design document for FreeCOM other than the code comments ? You can't escape having to explain what "adverse effects" you were evoking, now anyway. Bye ! -- Czerno ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
