Tobias Weingartner wrote:
> So, if you think this is something that should go in, then I'd
> implore you to get more testing and test reports. I'd be wanting
> all the MB/BIOS/cpu combinations that were tested before this is
> committed.
Testing a high number of MB/BIOS/cpu requires a lot of time
Tobias Weingartner wrote:
> While I applaud your efforts to send in patches, I do have a
> small niggle. Why do you feel the need to splatter your
> authorship all over the code in comments? Why not just add
> your name to the copyright statement and be done with it?
Yes, You're right.
It may se
Ted Unangst wrote:
> Can you explain this? I'd think A20 issues would have been sorted out
> 15 years ago.
Hi,
reading gateA20.c code, I've found that only two methods for enabling
the A20 line were used: the fast gate that use the I/O port 0x92 and the
"classic" one that use the keyboard contro
Mar 2004 13:48:18 - 1.10
+++ gateA20.c 1 Mar 2010 14:27:58 -
@@ -41,6 +41,31 @@
enable data line
enable clock line */
+/*
+ * Author: Giuseppe Magnotta
+ *
+ * Enable the gate A20 by using the
Hello,
please find attached a patch for "boot" that allows it to enable the
gate A20 directly by the BIOS if the INT 15/AX=2401h is supported for
i386 machines.
If you can please test it and tell me if it works as expected.
Regards,
Giuseppe.
[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type text/
and Tobias Weingartner
* Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Cosgrove
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Giuseppe Magnotta
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -172,7 +173,7 @@
/* Initialize the serial port to 9600 baud, 8N1.
*/
ff and Tobias Weingartner
* Copyright (c) 2003 Tom Cosgrove
+ * Copyright (c) 2010 Giuseppe Magnotta
* All rights reserved.
*
* Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -223,13 +224,25 @@
movb$0x80, %dl
drive_ok:
- /* Find the first active partiti
Tobias Weingartner wrote:
> Possibly. Is your real name "Guiseppe Magnotta"?
>
> --Toby.
My real name is Giuseppe Magnotta.
Giuseppe
Tobias Weingartner wrote:
> Are you ok with the modification to your copyright/comment statement above?
>
> --Toby.
Sure! So do you think is useful and can be included in official code?
Regards,
Giuseppe
in the file.
*/
+/* Copyright (c) 2010 Giuseppe Magnotta
+ * last edited 20 Feb 2010
+ * Added the check for a single bootable partition.
+ * You may use this code or fragments thereof in a manner consistent
+ * with the other copyrights as long as you retain my pseudonym and
+ * this copyright not
uot; label will check for it.
The original source is "$OpenBSD: mbr.S,v 1.21 2007/06/25 14:10:17 tom
Exp $" fetched from 4.6 release.
I hope this can be useful...
Best Regards
Giuseppe
The patch is:
diff mbr.S.orig mbr.S:
37a38,44
> /* Copyright (c) 2010 Giuseppe Magnotta
>
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