Re: [Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2401

2024-01-01 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel 
On Mon, Jan 1, 2024 at 7:46 AM Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel
 wrote:
>
> The FreeDOS Interim Test Build T2401 for January is now available for
> download at:
>
> https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/
>
> Although this update consists of only a few simple changes, it is an
> important update from T2312.
>
> There were several packages that erroneously included a ‘.DATESTAMP’
[..]
> Unlike the large number of updates in T2312, there were no other
> significant or package updates in T2401.


Yay, thanks! I've grabbed the new version and am installing it now. I
don't usually do a 'full install' - usually just 'plain DOS' plus a
few packages that I use all the time - so I haven't encountered the
.DATESTAMP issue before. But I'll reply here if I see anything amiss.



Jim


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Re: [Freedos-devel] FreePascal near to far pointer conversion

2024-01-01 Thread Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel 
Perhaps you may first try get it running with the large memory model, 
and if this runs, try to optimize it for a smaller memory model? The 
following least compiles for me, with A BUNCH of warnings, and the 
binary is 68k in size, comparing to 11k in the bin folder (did you UPX 
compress it or is it the actual size?)


ppcross8086 -Mtp -WmLarge KEYB.PAS

Warnings like:

Warning: Use of +offset(%ebp) is not compatible with regcall convention

look rather fishy, considering we are dealing with 16-bit code.

Your unaltered source leads to the following warnings, mainly dealing 
with the inline assemly.


Free Pascal Compiler version 3.2.2 [2021/05/19] for i8086

Copyright (c) 1993-2021 by Florian Klaempfl and others
Target OS: MS-DOS 16-bit real mode
Compiling KEYB.PAS
KEYB.PAS(23,2) Warning: The switch "$E" is not supported by the 
currently selected target

KEYB.PAS(23,2) Warning: Unsupported switch "$L"
KEYB.PAS(23,2) Warning: Unsupported switch "$N"
KEYB.PAS(23,2) Warning: Unsupported switch "$Y"
KEYB.PAS(281,41) Warning: Size suffix and destination or source size do 
not match
KEYB.PAS(298,41) Warning: Size suffix and destination or source size do 
not match
KEYB.PAS(464,21) Warning: Use of +offset(%ebp) is not compatible with 
regcall convention
KEYB.PAS(471,24) Warning: Use of +offset(%ebp) is not compatible with 
regcall convention

KEYB.PAS(474,4) Warning: Label not defined "changecpexit"
KEYB.PAS(549,40) Warning: Size suffix and destination or source size do 
not match

KEYB.PAS(620,4) Warning: Label not defined "NotReplace"
KEYB.PAS(660,25) Warning: Use of +offset(%ebp) is not compatible with 
regcall convention
KEYB.PAS(962,40) Warning: Size suffix and destination or source size do 
not match
KEYB.PAS(1015,24) Warning: Use of +offset(%ebp) is not compatible with 
regcall convention
KEYB.PAS(1016,24) Warning: Use of +offset(%ebp) is not compatible with 
regcall convention

KEYB.PAS(1020,4) Warning: Label not defined "ChainScancodeEnd"
KEYB.PAS(1245,41) Warning: Size suffix and destination or source size do 
not match
KEYB.PAS(1344,40) Warning: Size suffix and destination or source size do 
not match

KEYB.PAS(1510,4) Warning: Label not defined "no100"
KEYB.PAS(1510,4) Warning: Label not defined "no101"
KEYB.PAS(1510,4) Warning: Label not defined "no161"
KEYB.PAS(1676,4) Warning: Label not defined "WaitReady1"
KEYB.PAS(1908,4) Warning: Label not defined "jmp1"
KEYB.PAS(1908,4) Warning: Label not defined "jmp2"
KEYB.PAS(1908,4) Warning: Label not defined "ende"
KEYB.PAS(1908,4) Warning: Label not defined "BufferFull1"
KEYB.PAS(1908,4) Warning: Label not defined "ende2"
KEYB.PAS(2412,18) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2630,14) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2631,28) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2653,17) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2654,17) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2655,17) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2656,17) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(2987,12) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(3316,23) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(3328,23) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(3344,21) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(3349,27) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(3358,9) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined
KEYB.PAS(3358,22) Note: Call to subroutine "function 
Ptr(sel:Word;off:Word):^untyped; far;" marked as inline is not inlined

KEYB.PAS(2923,6) Note: Local variable "pb" not used
Linking KEYB.exe
3466 lines compiled, 0.1 sec, 60578 bytes code, 4080 bytes data
27 warning(s) issued

15 note(s) issued


Greetings, Bernd

On 01.01.2024 22:01, Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-devel wrote:

Hello there!

Sorry for being late on the topic.

The following link directs to the forum item that I opened when trying 
to re-compile FD-KEYB under FPC.
Basically, KEYB needs to use different procedures to store a key in 
the buffer, depending on the parameters and system configuration. The 
problem occurs when I need to select the adequate key storing 
procedure

Re: [Freedos-devel] FreePascal near to far pointer conversion

2024-01-01 Thread Aitor Santamaría via Freedos-devel 
Hello there!

Sorry for being late on the topic.

The following link directs to the forum item that I opened when trying to
re-compile FD-KEYB under FPC.
Basically, KEYB needs to use different procedures to store a key in the
buffer, depending on the parameters and system configuration. The problem
occurs when I need to select the adequate key storing procedure to a
variable that will be called from the assembly bit. It also occurs in some
other parts.

In order to make the program small, I am compiling it under the compact
mode. I tried it and had this error last October, and as no one posted a
reply, I haven't tried it again, but can do it (or maybe someone here can
guess where the problem is).

I get a problem using both the standar or the TP mode, and doing @Procedure
or without the @.
You can read the full details here, maybe someone has a hint:

Far pointer versus Pointer in 16-bit DOS (freepascal.org)


Thanks in advance,
Aitor











On Mon, 13 Nov 2023 at 00:40, Rugxulo via Freedos-devel <
freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> On Sun, Nov 12, 2023 at 5:46 AM Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel
>  wrote:
> >
> > On 12.11.2023 02:44, Rugxulo via Freedos-devel wrote:
> >
> > But I still have not found an elegant solution yet to do a widening
> conversion of an untyped pointer from near to far.
> > Should be rarely needed though. For a typed pointer FarAddr(thing^) does
> the trick.
>
> You can get the current code segment or data segment with the CSeg and
> DSeg functions.
>
> * https://www.freepascal.org/docs-html/rtl/system/seg.html
>
> Also see the "absolute" keyword:
>
> * https://wiki.freepascal.org/Absolute
>
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[Freedos-devel] FreeDOS Interim Build T2401

2024-01-01 Thread Jerome Shidel via Freedos-devel 
The FreeDOS Interim Test Build T2401 for January is now available for download 
at:

https://www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/test/ 


Although this update consists of only a few simple changes, it is an important 
update from T2312.

There were several packages that erroneously included a ‘.DATESTAMP’ file. 
During installation of those packages it could cause a file conflict and 
failure to install some packages. The file was not related to package 
management or the ’.TIMESTAMP’ file used to preserve file date time stamps when 
working with version control systems. It was from a different utility and meant 
for local system usage only. I think I purged all of them. If I missed any, 
please let me know.

Unlike the large number of updates in T2312, there were no other significant or 
package updates in T2401.

Jerome

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