>>> - /Odrive - use fixed drive number (in hex) in boot sector. >MHT> If this switch is intended for compatibility with DR-DOS, drive number >MHT> should be given in decimal. Support for hex with '0x' and/or '$' prefix >MHT> can be a nice extension, though :-) > > Inconsistent: address in /L option is hex-value. And I think, _here_ >consistency inside one program interface is more important, than full >compatability with (very rarely used/known) option of DR-DOS SYS. >
If the option is mimicking an existing option (in this case from DR-DOS sys), we should at least try to be compatible. So wouldn't the better change to require/support the 0x or $ or h notations for the /L option as well, and use base 10, at least for the /O option, if not used or complain/warn if a hex prefix/suffix is not used. So if in all the examples, options are used as /L 0xABCD and /O 0x123 we will be consistant within this one program and at the same time constistant for those familiar with the DR DOS sys /O option. Just my opinion, do as you feel best for our sys though. Has your work been committed to cvs or is there a patch/ source archive around that one can look at? Thanks, Jeremy ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ Freedos-kernel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-kernel
