On Mon, 29 Mar 2004 00:56:48 +0200, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
crash if UDMA loaded high, but no VDS present // XMS-test should have
been done and succeeded.
UDMA checks if VDS are active and if so, uses them to "lock" the buffer
and obtain a physical address, else calculates the physical address
itse
At 05:16 PM 3/27/2004 -0600, I wrote:
>This one should be getting close. The second release candidate version of EMM386
>with VCPI support is available at ftp://ftp.devoresoftware.com/downloads in the files
>EMM386.ZIP and EMM386SR.ZIP, as executable and ASM+C source. They are dated March
>27,
At 12:56 AM 3/29/2004 +0200, Bernd Blaauw wrote:
>I'll try DEVICEHIGH with EMM386.
>didn't Tom implement a basic VDS option?
>DEVICE=EMM386.EXE VDS
I strongly recommend against using the VDS option. It apparently was broken before my
VCPI and UMB work and the UMB code I added at a minimum broke
guessed UDMA flowchart:
0)init
1)check soutbridge // if southbridge unknown, abort
2)do basic tests // if a test fails, abort
3)check for XMS // if fail, go to 5
4)do advanced tests // XMS required, if a test fails, abort
5)load UDMA-code/driver
6)crash if UDMA loaded high, but no VDS present // X
At 05:34 PM 3/28/2004 +0300, Luchezar Georgiev wrote:
>On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:23:44 -0600, Michael Devore wrote:
>
>>It's an ALi M5229, which is an Acer Labs Aladin IV+ TX PRO if that's what you mean.
>>I don't know a south bridge from a London bridge or a dental bridge, myself.
>
>M5229 is the i
Luchezar Georgiev wrote:
It's good to have so experienced programmers contribute to FreeDOS. One
thing could prevent them from doing so though - the possibility of being
"flamed off" in our forums. Not everyone can withstand the ingratitude,
disrespect and quarrelsomeness that SOMETIMES pour fr
On Sat, 27 Mar 2004 15:23:44 -0600, Michael Devore wrote:
It's an ALi M5229, which is an Acer Labs Aladin IV+ TX PRO if that's
what you mean. I don't know a south bridge from a London bridge or a
dental bridge, myself.
M5229 is the integrated UDMA IDE controller. The south bridge chip must be
