Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question
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=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question
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=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question
I would definitely consider the 2036 kernel to be more stable, but not the one on sourceforge. Get the one from Eric Auer's homepage (google for Auersoft). On 9/7/06, Daniel Quintiliani [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi FreeDOS team, Congrats on the release of FreeDOS 1.0 stable! As the maintainer of the GNU/DOS distribution, I had a question to 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? The latest release of GNU/DOS (version 2006 SR1), which was released a few months back, contains the 2035 kernel compiled for 386 FAT32 and modified for DOSLFN support using Jason Hood's old patches. Would updating to the 2036test kernel be considered more stable than the one I currently use, or is it a test development version? Thanks, -- Daniel Quintiliani www.pikecountycomputer.com - 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=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya - 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=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question
Quoting Daniel Quintiliani [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi FreeDOS team, Congrats on the release of FreeDOS 1.0 stable! As the maintainer of the GNU/DOS distribution, I had a question to 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? The latest release of GNU/DOS (version 2006 SR1), which was released a few months back, contains the 2035 kernel compiled for 386 FAT32 and modified for DOSLFN support using Jason Hood's old patches. Would updating to the 2036test kernel be considered more stable than the one I currently use, or is it a test development version? Thanks, -- Daniel Quintiliani www.pikecountycomputer.com Sorry, that was 2035a, not 2035. -- Daniel Quintiliani www.pikecountycomputer.com - 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=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
Re: [Freedos-user] Kernel question
Hi! Michael McStarfighter wrote: I want to know if the original FreeDOS kernel is 16bit or 32bit. It always have 16-bit interface, notwithstanding if internally it contains only 16-bit code or some code optimized as 32-bit. I ask it because I coincidentally found the website http://freedos-32.sourceforge.net/ and I want to use 32bit tools in FreeDOS, too (perhaps). This is another, separate project, which concerns in making DOS really 32-bit. --- 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=lnkkid=120709bid=263057dat=121642 ___ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
