Re: [Freedos-devel] Some FreeDOS kernel bugs reported by Jack R. Ellis

2007-09-29 Thread Japheth
> much more important is the threat header which mentions that UDMA/UDVD > handles S-ATA disks and DVD's :)) Yes, Jack has announced his drivers in this list but apparently forgot to mention the SATA support. What should be mentioned as well is that the SATA support for DVDs is not tested yet b

Re: [Freedos-devel] flaws in user HMA memory allocation?

2007-09-29 Thread Japheth
> For some reason, Udo banned Japheth for a moment (??) this is off-topic, but I was banned permanently and Udo is a true citizen of Schilda. > Lucho is great, in particular his "LZ 7.10 MS DOS" (ever > heard of copyright?). Probably no. Well, "software cannot be stolen": http://www.bttr-softw

Re: [Freedos-devel] Some FreeDOS kernel bugs reported by Jack R. Ellis

2007-09-29 Thread Tom Ehlert
> J.R. Ellis has just reported a bug/issue found in the FreeDOS kernel: > http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=861 much more important is the threat header which mentions that UDMA/UDVD handles S-ATA disks and DVD's :)) Tom --

Re: [Freedos-devel] flaws in user HMA memory allocation?

2007-09-29 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Japheth, (changing subj from "Some FreeDOS kernel bugs reported by Jack R. Ellis" and moving the issue to freedos-kernel...) > ... just reported a bug/issue found in the FreeDOS kernel: > http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/... I guess a few people will have bad mood after reading this, so it

[Freedos-devel] Some FreeDOS kernel bugs reported by Jack R. Ellis

2007-09-29 Thread Japheth
Hello, J.R. Ellis has just reported a bug/issue found in the FreeDOS kernel: http://www.bttr-software.de/forum/forum_entry.php?id=861 The interesting issue is FreeDOS's buffer allocation in the HMA, which is not "optimal" and might cause problems under certain circumstances. Another thing whic