Committed with minor problems fixed. Thanks.
On 08.07.2012 10:28, C. Masloch wrote:
> diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
> --- a/ChangeLog
> +++ b/ChangeLog
> @@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
> +2012-06-30 C. Masloch
> +
> + Improve FreeDOS direct loading support compatibility.
> +
> + * include/grub/i
On 2012-09-09 21:49 +0200, Vladimir 'φ-coder/phcoder' Serbinenko wrote:
+ {
+grub_relocator_chunk_t ch;
+err = grub_relocator_alloc_chunk_addr (rel, &ch,
GRUB_FREEDOS_BPB_ADDR,
+ GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_SIZE);
I don't understand this. Shouldn't it
r releases of the FreeDOS kernel too, still called DOS-C.
> These DOS-C releases already are under GPLv2+ so I hope it is okay to
> mention them in the comment, as the attached patch does.
>
> Regards,
> Chris
>
> improve-freedos-compatibility-2.diff
>
>
>
Thanks for the help. The attached patch includes spaces around all
operators, doesn't include the void cast, and doesn't mention (E)DR-DOS
any longer. I recently learned that the dl register requirement is present
in prior releases of the FreeDOS kernel too, still called DOS-C. These
DOS-
On 30.06.2012 07:43, C. Masloch wrote:
> #define GRUB_FREEDOS_SEGMENT 0x60
> +#define GRUB_FREEDOS_ADDR(GRUB_FREEDOS_SEGMENT<<4)
> #define GRUB_FREEDOS_STACK_SEGMENT 0x1fe0
> -#define GRUB_FREEDOS_STACK_POINTER 0x8000
> +#define GRUB_FREEDOS_STACK_BPB_POINTER
Hello,
A bit about me first; feel free to skip this paragraph. I know 86 assembly
language well and have been involved in FreeDOS kernel development. On the
freedos-user list I read that GRUB 2.00 added FreeDOS direct loading
support. I have reviewed GRUB's implementation of the FreeDOS loa
