Hi Michael:

No change with this version...system hangs on vol c: with VDS
option, works without.

Mark Bailey


> At 03:38 AM 7/30/2005 +0000, Mark Bailey wrote:
> 
> >I see no difference at all with that version, either with the
> >development kernel/command.com or the stable kernel/
> >command.com.
> >
> >Specifically, with
> >device=a:\himem.exe
> >device=a:\emm386.exe x=test memcheck vds
> >
> >vol c: hangs.  Remove vds, it works normally. (development)
> 
> Alright, one more time.  I rewrote the VDS routines such that any reserved 
> function which was unused (0, 1, 0dh-0ffh) no longer returns an error code, 
> but simply sets carry flag and chains to old INT 4bh handler.  That may get 
> around a SCSI conflict.  Or not.
> 
> In addition, I cleaned up slightly naughty code which re-enabled interrupts 
> when returning from the VDS call.  Theoretically, the VDS interrupt might 
> have been called with hardware interrupts disabled for good reason.
> 
> Will these revisions change anything?  Don't know, but it's the best I can 
> do without a misbehaving machine here to test.  Hopefully no new error was 
> introduced.  Those with VDS-unhappy machines will need to try it out and 
> report back results.
> 
> To test this version of EMM386, amble over to 
> ftp.devoresoftware.com\downloads\emm386 and download emmhorse.zip.  As 
> before, unofficial release, no exterior version change, no EXE compression.
> 
> 
> 
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