Allow me to make this perfectly clear: the FreeDOS kernel * IS NOT PUBLIC
DOMAIN* and will never be. Please do not spread such rumors.
Just to make mys elf perfectly clear, the FreeDOS kernel *IS NOT PUBLIC
DOMAIN*. In fact, unless a package has documentation that says it is public
domain, make no assumptions of its copyright. Any package in FreeDOS,
unless so deemed by its author, *IS NOT PUBLIC DOMAIN*.
Pat
On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 11:33 PM, <ibid...@lavabit.com> wrote:
> Hello all,
> 1. I saw a bug in the tracker
> (
> http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2901916&group_id=5109&atid=105109
> )
> regarding creation of cross-linked files on FAT32; this bug is new in
> 2039/not present in 2038.
> Seems to be very serious, but perhaps rare.
>
> 2. Size optimizations again
> Could nonls be re-enabled, since 2039 OW/UPX kernels seem to be about 2-4
> kb larger than 2038.?
>
> Also, could the "LFN helper api" be commented out of the default build?
> The code in question is not current (reserves 3 fnodes, when only 2 are
> presently in use), and it is only a backend for an unwritten TSR.
>
> Would anyone be interested seeing the no-hd patches (and related
> stuff) merged into the tree as a build option (eg "build fat16 nohd")?
> For what it's worth, this sounds like CD and _perhaps_ USB drivers would
> work, but not native USB boot (emulates HD), flash chips, or any bios
> drivers that don't use a floppy or floppy emulation. But we have two
> people who use it...Are there any more?
>
> Thanks,
> Ibidem
>
> PS-
> I looked up the Linux VFAT patent-avoidance patch (hack), and it seems to
> be less critical than I thought: It is a patch that enables a build
> configuration option (not identified). If the Linux kernel config does
> not show this option, it was not applied; if it shows the hack as not
> enabled, the code was not used.
>
> OFFTOPIC: JaguiD (Java with GUI for DOS) might be worth testing;
> the Ikon GUI, offered commercially this fall as an OS with some
> (unspecified) FreeDOS kernel, is now public domain/unmaintained--it should
> work with FreeDOS.
>
>
>
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