Or the quote on the web page should be End War by Waging Peace...
--chris http://www.aotksc.com/ > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question > From: Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, September 07, 2006 10:10 pm > To: freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > > Hi, I called the file release 2036test because I had expected > some small bugs to be found soon after that release. And indeed, > after 2036test, I had to fix the VERSION= handling and I found > that COM port polling can be improved. Those updates are what > makes 2036test differ from 2036final, if you like to call it > like that. But 2036final is not yet in cvs and not yet on SF, > my fault. It is only available on my homepage :-). The 2036final > kernel also zeroes out the upper reserved 4 bits of FAT32 FAT > values. Without this, it gets end-of-file early on some Windows > drives, which apparently set those values to nonzero for yet > unknown reason. Finally, 2036final includes a memmgr modification > which allows compatibility with misbehaving QuickBasic 4 QBRUN > libraries which want to double-free memory blocks. > > All changes after 20 May 2006 are what makes 2036final differ > from the 2036test on SF, I would say :-). The linebreak thing > is because I had used a Unix cvs client... :-p. > > * kernel/config.c: VERSION= must set the int 21.30 DOS version, > not the int 21.3306 "internal" DOS version. Fixed. > * docs/intfns.txt: updated list of supported DOS functions. When > DOSLFN is loaded for int 21.71, only remaining unsupported int > 21 functions are 21.4b05 (set execution state), int 21.63xx > (DBCS / Korean Hangul, see above) and int 21.5d01 - 21.5d05 > (close files by name/computer/task, list open files, commit all) > * made linebreaks in all batch files use CR LF, as Unix line breaks > confuse command.com, leading to "early abort" or "endless loop" > > * the MEMMGR and FATTAB changes are not yet mentioned in the changelog... > > http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/ > kernel2036-binary.zip and kernel2036-source.zip > > > ask. I noticed that FreeDOS 1.0 was considered "stable," yet the > > kernel file on the SourceForge page was called "2036test." Is 2036 a > > development version, or is it stable quality? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
