Re: [B2-devel] [Patch] Use default ROM when ROM path preference is blank

[Lew Irwin/S. B. <st...@us...>]

I do not have the technical expertise to understand the patches discussed in
your recent message (and how they may affect the performance of
SheepShaver). Is there another upgrade or complete build of SS that I can
(should?) install?


On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 5:12 PM, Alexei Svitkine
<ale...@gm...>wrote:

> Committed with modifications. I changed the strlen(rom_path) to
> *rom_path to make it O(1). Thanks.
>
> -Alexei
>
> On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 8:39 PM, Michael Schmitt<msb2ssdev@me> wrote:
> > Attached is a patch to SheepShaver, to fix a problem where the ROM file
> can
> > only be found on the first boot.
> >
> > When a user creates a new SheepShaver machine, there is no preference
> file,
> > so there is not ROM path preference. SheepShaver has logic so that in
> this
> > case, it will look for a ROM file named "ROM" or "Mac OS ROM" in the
> current
> > directory.
> >
> > The user starts SheepShaver in order to get to the built-in Preferences
> > Editor, and changes various settings (such as creation of a hard disk).
> Then
> > the user reboots.
> >
> > If the user forgot to set the ROM path at this time, then SheepShaver can
> no
> > longer boot. The only recourse is for the user to find and delete the
> > preferences file, or use an external preferences editor to set the ROM
> path.
> >
> > The fix is to change SheepShaver to use the default ROM names when either
> > the rom path is null (no preference) OR an empty string (preference
> exists
> > with no rom path).
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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