I tried all of those versions, with and without EMM386, and all fail. and cwsdpmi is unmaintained.
On 9/12/06, Eric Auer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Blair, > > > Hi. I couldn't get any version of cwsdpmi that worked properly in > > QEMU, so since DJGPP apps look for cwsdpmi.exe I renamed HXDPMI to > > cwsdpmi because it "just works". BTW, cheers to Japheth :-). > > Thats very bad reasoning. As bad as people who are using kernel > 2037 because they like, say, the nice looking config menu better, > ignoring the fact that 2037 has several known real bugs. While HXDPMI > does work okay, it is definitely NOT the same as cwsdpmi. In parti- > cular, cwsdpmi has a configtool (for example to configure whether and > which swapfile to use) which will certainly not work with HXDPMI. > > And as no docs for HXDPMI are included, how should I manage to > get a non-swapping *dpmi for DOSFSCK like that, for example...? > By the way, you should probably config the cwsdpmi default exe > for the distro to have swapfiles disabled anyway. Especially as > the distro can be used from cdrom... > > Do include both HXDPMI (and other HXxyz tools) and CWSDPMI. > Do include the docs and tools for both HXDPMI and CWSDPMI. > Do not fool users. > > http://www.coli.uni-saarland.de/~eric/stuff/soft/by-others/ > cwsdpmi-csdpmi5b.zip > should do what you want. If it does not, there will likely > be a bug in your app, in emm386, or both. Report that bug. > > There are alternative versions on the original homepage: > > http://clio.rice.edu/cwsdpmi/ has basic docs, source, binary > http://clio.rice.edu/cwsdpmi/knownbug.html explains "r5updtst" fix > http://clio.rice.edu/djgpp has all versions and "bigstack" fix > > > r5updtst fixes: enable PSE only when avail, not when TSC avail > > clear upper 16 bits of ESP on mode switch > > do extra serializing jump on mode switch to avoid PentiumIII bug > > > bigstack fixes: as GeForce4 BIOS takes 230 bytes stack, the 256 byte > > default int stack is too small. Similar problems happen with > > some SCSI BIOSes. So the bigstack cwsdpmi has bigger stack. > > > unfixed: page faults may happen, esp if no swapfile is used, > > if more than 256 MB int15 but no XMS or VCPI are available. > > Eric > > > On 9/11/06, Japheth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [in reply to: somebody found that cwsdpmi in the distro is hxdpmi] > >>> C:\FDOS\BIN>cwsdpmi --help > >>> HDPMI32 v3.05 (c) japheth 1993-2006 > ... > >> - CWSDPMI and HDPMI are not fully compatible. Different cmdline options > >> and different environment variables which they will check. And no > >> documentation is included for HDPMI ... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=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=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Freedos-user mailing list Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user
