On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 8:54 AM, Matej Horvat <matej.hor...@guest.arnes.si> wrote: [SNIP] > I agree that a better installer is needed (the one in 1.1 seemed to be > slow and generated broken AUTOEXEC.BAT files for non-US(?) keyboard > layouts). I think we should adapt FDNPKG so it can be compiled with Open > Watcom and use mTCP so it can be 8086-compatible. After installation, it > could immediately update packages if newer versions are available.
I like the idea of standardizing on mTCP, especially if the openssl and ssh/sftp packages could be made to depend on it. However believe that the code hasn't yet been ported to djgpp or Watcom 32-bit so that would be an impediment to my ssl interests. > It would be also very cool if we could have some kind of autodetection of > network cards and install a driver automatically (and generate WATTCP and > mTCP configuration files?). Packet drivers are the easiest to install > (we'd probably only need a table of PCI IDs - any volunteers? - and the > driver filenames associated with them), but ODI and NDIS drivers might > require some more work. [SNIP] Dunfield & Potthast already have PCI bus/NIC sniffers [0][1] and a collections of NIC packet drivers as well [2][3]. [0] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/pcinic.zip [1] http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/pktdrv/nicscan.zip [2] http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/dos/pktdrv.zip [3] http://www.georgpotthast.de/sioux/packet.htm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dive into the World of Parallel Programming! The Go Parallel Website, sponsored by Intel and developed in partnership with Slashdot Media, is your hub for all things parallel software development, from weekly thought leadership blogs to news, videos, case studies, tutorials and more. Take a look and join the conversation now. http://goparallel.sourceforge.net _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
