> In sum, there is still a /bug/ around here: since the intent, and effect, of > the FreeDOS > code is that this and similar "pass 0" directives be executed > /inconditionally/ then Kernel /should'nt ask/ its Y/N question on them! right.
> (3) The 1k limit for XBDA moving introduced by MS, and followed by > FreeDOS is an anachronism. I suggest no arbitrary limit be set : > EBDA sizes of 2 to 6 k are common, and during our testing we > even found, with new "EFI" compatibilty BIOS modules, gigantic > EBDAs (one 47 kbytes - OMG what do 'they' hide in there !) btw as you are the XBDA expert: does /E:512 mean 'copy the first 512 byte to low memory, the rest isn't needed ? I can't find a technical specification > (4) The Kernel is confused and corrupts the MCB chain in certain > circumstances - rather than go on here, I think I'll open a new > thread for that apparently serious bug. right. if possible make also a (small) virtual machine to reproduce the bug Tom ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ See everything from the browser to the database with AppDynamics Get end-to-end visibility with application monitoring from AppDynamics Isolate bottlenecks and diagnose root cause in seconds. Start your free trial of AppDynamics Pro today! http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48808831&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
