On Fri, 22 Nov 2002, Matthias Paul wrote: > On 2002-11-20, Arkady V.Belousov wrote: > > > This program is not required. It required only if you wish to > > switch codepages "on the fly", but if you work only with one > > codepage, you may (should) initialize it with COUNTR= statement. > > Of course, in MS-DOS MODE and KEYB without NLSFUNC loaded will > > fail to load fonts/layouts other than pointed in COUNTRY=. > > This is correct, but still, a COUNTRY.SYS file parser is needed > not only for NLSFUNC, but also for FreeDOS' DOS BIOS.
Well FreeDOS doesn't have a DOS BIOS as such. There's kernel.sys which consists (presently) of a) PGROUP 256 bytes at 60:0, used for startup and the init code's PSP b) TGROUP ~1500 bytes at 70:0: small device drivers (CON, AUX, PRN), assembly interface code, intxx trampolines, XMS callers to enable and disable the HMA. c) DGROUP ~5000 bytes now at 00eb:0. The DOS DS: LOL, SDA and so on, COUNTRY tables, constant strings and the low deblock BUFFER (this buffer is actually part of our SDA). d) HGROUP ~40000-43000 bytes: main DOS code + block and clock device drivers. e) I_GROUP: ~18000 bytes init code and data: config.sys parser, block device driver init, main init. I_GROUP feels much like a normal .COM DOS program: after setting int vectors it simply calls int21 to open and read config.sys. Discarded after init. But I guess you mean the roughly same thing when I say that once nlsload.c gets fixed up it will be part of I_GROUP. Bart ---------- list options/archives/etc.: http://www.topica.com/lists/fd-dev unsubscribe: send blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: archive@mail-archive.com EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Rv5.bbRv4l.YXJjaGl2 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
