[Freedos-kernel] Re: Kernel bug parade / moving on

2004-06-06 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Arkady! > EA> * 698 floppy change / floppy DMA boundary check should be moved from > EA> "int" 25/26 to the int 13 handler. > Hm. Probably I not very understand this request, but FreeDOS does all > DMA checks in dsk.c:LBA_Transfer(). Moving the check to int 13 means that DOS programs

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel bug parade / moving on

2004-06-06 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 6-Июн-2004 00:47 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Eric Auer) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: EA> * 698 floppy change / floppy DMA boundary check should be moved from EA> "int" 25/26 to the int 13 handler. This is also needed for later when EA> we want Win 3.1x /3 compatibility. Please comment on how hard i

Re: [Freedos-kernel] kernel administration

2004-06-06 Thread Arkady V.Belousov
Hi! 5-Июн-2004 11:22 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kenneth J. Davis) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: >>> Well, looks like Bart is gone. Who now will manage the kernel >>> (reconcile patches, update CVS, release intermediate snapshots)? For [...] KJD> If there are no objections, then about once a week I wil

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: LBACache test results

2004-06-06 Thread The Somertons
> Hi, please do turn off HTML in your mail program - use only plain text: Sorry, I just reinstalled Windows and forgot to set OE back to Plain Text, it's on Plain Text now. > Why did you use STACKS=9,256 - how about STACKS=0,0 ??? Because STACKS=9,256 is a very common setting; I thought it was t

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel bug parade / moving on

2004-06-06 Thread Alain
Eric Auer wrote: Hi, while we have no real kernel maintainer right now (I assume Jeremy can at most find enough time to upload patches submitted by others, not for doing coding / testing himself), I think it would be good to review some old bugs before we move on to do new optimizations. Of course

[Freedos-kernel] Re: LBACache test results

2004-06-06 Thread Eric Auer
Hi, please do turn off HTML in your mail program - use only plain text: Especially when mailing to the list, everybody otherwise gets TWO copies of the text (although only one mail, this is called "alternative" format), one in text and one in HTML. The HTML version marks every single line of text

[Freedos-kernel] Interlink/Interserver test results

2004-06-06 Thread The Somertons
Tested on two different computers (a Pentium-class and a 386) using the same boot floppy (Kernel 2035-16, latest FreeCOM XMS swap)   CONFIG.SYS: (various contents) DEVICE=INTERLNK.EXE   Result: Invalid Opcode, then it locks up. This happened for both computers.   Loading an XMS driver did not

[Freedos-kernel] LBACache test results

2004-06-06 Thread The Somertons
Test 1: copy a specific group of files, about 9 MB   Format - Caching method: minutes:seconds WC=write cache enabled   No disk cache: 1:15 LBACACHE 2 MB: 1:24 SMARTDRV 2 MB: 1:18 SMARTDRV WC 2 MB: 1:21   Test 2: copy the same file 10 times, the file was about 1.2 MB   No disk cache: 1:09 LBAC

[Freedos-kernel] Edit / Kernel problem?

2004-06-06 Thread Joe Cosentino
Hey everyone,      I'm working on the next release of Edit, 0.82.  One of the bugs I already fixed, but keeps getting reported is the write protection bug (#1781).  However, when I test this on my machine, it works fine.  I don't have a FreeDOS release installed, I'm testing it on an XP mach

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Kernel bug parade / moving on

2004-06-06 Thread Jim Hall
I think this kind of bug list would best appear on the 'FreeDOS @ SourceForge' page, since it directly relates to the kernel. Eric: would you like me to add you to that project on SF so you can create/maintain this page yourself? -jh Eric Auer wrote: Hi, while we have no real kernel maintainer

Re: [Freedos-kernel] Re: Re: Kernel bug parade / moving on

2004-06-06 Thread Aitor Santamaría Merino
Eric Auer escribió: Hi Justin, thanks for your help offer! Win 3.11 can only run in 386 multitasked mode, 386 ENHANCED mode it would be interesting to get fresh test results (kernel 2035, new himem or maybe ms himem, better no emm386, maybe use DOS=LOW and a non-XMS-Swap FreeCOM for the test as wel