> could you provide a VERY simple bootdisk image with a testing
> application which uses a packet driver?
> Not Arachne please, I can't get it to work somehow.

Sure

> I've tried the 100MB ISO that was uploaded, but can't get many things to
> work. Did you try on a modern machine or VMware/Bochs/QEMU?

QEMU, a P133, and a 386sx

> COMPINFO for example has a TP 'over 200Mhz' bug, EMM386 likes to crash, etc.

Didn't know about compinfo bug, EMM386 works for me.
 
> I'm very impressed now that I've booted the ISO actually :)
> I hope you ask people to also test with the generic ne2000 packet
> driver, as quite some network interface cards are ne2000 compatible.

good idea
 
> pcntpk int=0x60 reports for me

Which net card is this?

> This is PCISLEEP by Eric Auer 12mar2005 - Free open source software.
> Read GNU General Public License 2 at www.gnu.org
> 
> PCI BIOS version 2.10, highest bus number is  1.
> Interfaces: 10 is OHCI for USB/FireWire, 20 is EHCI for USB 2.0, etc.
> Bridges: 'from bus X to Y (subordinate Z)' shown as '[XX->YY(ZZ)]'
> Power Management support shown as: D1 idle, D2 halt, D3 soft-off
> 
> bus.device(.function) [vendor:model] classcode(/iface) vendor class
> [details]
> BusDevF  vend:type  class   vendor     description...
> 00.00   [8086:7190] 0600    Intel      CPU host bridge
> 00.01   [8086:7191] 0604    Intel      PCI bridge [00->01]
> 00.07.0 [8086:7110] 0601    Intel      ISA bridge
> 00.07.1 [8086:7111] 0101/8a Intel      IDE controller
> 00.07.2 [8086:7112] 0c03    Intel      USB controller
> 00.07.3 [8086:7113] 0680    Intel      southbridge / ACPI?
> 00.0f   [15ad:0405] 0300    VMWare     VGA graphics
> 00.10   [104b:1040] 0100    BusLogic   SCSI controller
> 00.11   [1022:2000] 0200    AMD        LAN / Ethernet
> 00.12   [1274:1371] 0401    Ensoniq    audio
> PCI bus scan done.
> ACPI I/O base 1000 (guess, config reg. 40 of 00.07.3 device).

Thanks

> PS: can wattcp.cfg be cut down any further?
> only first 5 entries needed?

The next WIP ISO already has a vastly cut down wattcp.cfg, but the
original wattcp.cfg in the previous versions is included for reference


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