Hi,
there's a problem with the recent FCB fix -- I was a little suspect
seeing the change.
After testing with the old GEM, it seems the problem is in FCBOpen: it
initializes too much, see also
http://www.drdos.com/dosdoc/sysprog/chap4.htm
After opening GEM does something like "mov cx,es:[007d]" f
Hi Abrahan,
> Ex-FAT support instead of FAT+ or FAT32+??
>
> This idea seems more good like FAT+ instead :-)
>
> And how is the support for Windows 3.1 / 3.11?
While it is called FAT, exFAT seems to differ a lot
from FAT. Also, exFAT is heavily patented... Talking
about FAT+... I really wonder
Ex-FAT support instead of FAT+ or FAT32+??
This idea seems more good like FAT+ instead :-)
And how is the support for Windows 3.1 / 3.11?
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Nope, I'm not doing anything other than trying to gather enough
information with respect to project status to try to come up with a
road map and possibly plan release 1.1.
I have made *NO* decisions.
Pat
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
>
> Hi Jeremy,
>
*** SNIP ***
> Ohhh I
Hi Jeremy,
>> You misunderstand me :-) Of course we should support files of 2-4 GB
>> size in the STABLE kernel very soon! Just do not support ABOVE 4 GB
>
> There are no longer multiple active branches, there is only trunk.
Trunk is stable, but there also is devel / unstable:
http://freedos.s
On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:38 PM, Eric Auer wrote:
>
> Hi Christian,
>
> The main bug/feature that I plan to work on is FAT+ support,
...
> You misunderstand me :-) Of course we should support files of 2-4 GB
> size in the STABLE kernel very soon! Just do not support ABOVE 4 GB
There are no l
Hi Christian,
The main bug/feature that I plan to work on is FAT+ support,
the working with 4GB files goes along with this since it adds
support for 4+GB files.
>>> Please keep this out of production kernels.
>> I agree - modifying FAT to support files > 4 GB is asking
>> for tro
OK, let me chime in on this. Jim and I had several conversations on
topics like this before I took over. I want to share the current
thinking.
We, as a group, have made a significant impact on the open source
community and computing in general. This is something we need to keep
in mind as we mo
>>> The main bug/feature that I plan to work on is FAT+ support,
>>> the working with 4GB files goes along with this since it adds
>>> support for 4+GB files.
>
>> Please keep this out of production kernels.
>
> I agree - modifying FAT to support files > 4 GB is asking
> for trouble. Of course you
