Re: [Freedos-devel] Compiling with gcc

2017-11-19 Thread Ralf Quint
On 11/19/2017 8:16 AM, Andreas K. Foerster wrote: > > Are there any documented limits for environment variables in DOS? > > My implementation uses a static buffer. So the content changes with > every call to getenv. This is explicitly allowed by the standard. > > I don't want to make the buffer too

Re: [Freedos-devel] Compiling with gcc

2017-11-19 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
Am Sonntag, dem 19. Nov 2017 schrieb Andreas K. Foerster: > Am Samstag, dem 18. Nov 2017 schrieb Joe Forster/STA: > > > > By the way, can anybody tell me, how to access environment variables, > > > when the compiler doesn't support it? (no getenv() and environ=NULL) > > > > Use INT 21h, AH=62h t

Re: [Freedos-devel] Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020

2017-11-19 Thread Andreas K. Foerster
Am Sonntag, dem 19. Nov 2017 schrieb Rugxulo: > Intel Planning To End Legacy BIOS Support By 2020 > > " > By 2020, they will be supporting no less than UEFI Class 3, which > means only UEFI support and no more legacy BIOS or CSM compatibility > support mode. > " > > https://www.phoronix.com/scan