ethflop Activity
a DOS TSR that emulates a floppy disk drive over ethernet
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Activity for ethflop
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Mateusz Viste committed [r226] on Code
updated links
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DOS client archive does not need to mention DOS
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ethflop released /ethflop (client)/20240920/ethflop-20240920-src.zip
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frozen ver 20240920
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release.sh flagged as executable
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added a convenience bash script to package releases of ethflop
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versioning scheme changed from x.x.x to YYYYMMDD
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stack overflow detection does not rely on any specific signature
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messages are properly CR/LF terminated
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updated download links
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frozen ver 20240916
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version bump
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improved wording
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minor help screen changes
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frame buffer space is used by transient program to store part of the help screen not to waste a disk cluster
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new convenience function to print AX on screen
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reordered routines to gain a few short jumps
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moved functions and strings to separate files
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moved all transient functions to the end of the file to keep routines on top and hence favor short jumps to them whenever possible
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made some labels .local + explicited a few jumps as short
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explicitely flagged all jumps in the TSR as short jumps so nasm is never tempted to assemble them in a long form behind my back
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improved wording
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maximum stack usage during TSR lifetime can be consulted under "ETHFLOP !"
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moved frame buffer at the bottom of the stack so it takes the hit in case of a stack overflow event
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2 extra bytes for stack reservation are not needed because PUSH first decrements SP and then writes values, not the other way around
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configurable stack space
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improved help screen
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improvement a few comments
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build.bat switched to proper cr/lf line endings
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transient code checks the health of TSR's stack (stack overflow detection)
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version bump
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constified argument ptr in debug routine
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UDP query to list images wrap lines every 8 images
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UDP commands to insert and eject a floppy return errmsg only if truly an error occurred
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implemented insert action in UDP API
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implemented API (UDP) action eject ("e")
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implementation of client list and image list in UDP API
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reset sectcount and readonly flag in client struct when floppy is ejected (not really needed, but hygienic)
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doc update + version bump
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added -c mode help
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client mode (ethflopd -c) to query and control the daemon
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prototype with a unix socket control channel (does not work)
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remove failed images + improved error message
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using open() instead of fopen() to avoid overhead as much as possible + preallocating content of all standard-sized floppy images at creation time (floppies <= 2880K)
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extra check to detect malformed think-provisioned disks
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hide driveid when ethflop does not provide the correct one (older ethflop TSR)
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floppy images are created thin-provisionned
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updated links
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frozen ver 20240907 to tags
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doc update
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version and copyr dates are stored in a common header file
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DOS version: take care to zero out the root entries of newly initialized floppies
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logging the time it takes to generate a new floppy image
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improved changelog
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fixed the earlier enospc fix
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failed image is removed
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fixed "out of disk" situations on the DOS version
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mark the floppies list as empty when no images found, so the UI knows image-selecting mode is forbidden
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improved validation of answer frames (ECM)
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updated mdr
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quit early when pktdrv not found (UI is not inited yet)
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fixed message about packet driver int found
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removed reference to non existing pktdrv.c
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newest ethflop provides the client driveid in each data frame so server message can be more informative
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ethflop signals the TSR's drive letter to the server (nicer messages)
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TSR closes all its handles to avoid potential SFT leaks (thx ECM)
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when hooking drive B: ethflop checks first if it is not a phantom drive
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updated links to newer release
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frozen ver 20240904 to tags
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mounting a floppy with write access is forbidden if anyone uses it already
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careful about segment overflow when scanning int 0x60..0x80 for a packet driver (spotted by ECM)
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setting size of operands on memory side for better clarity
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improved comments + setting size of operands on memory side for better clarity
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env seg is zeroed in PSP before going TSR (just in case)
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size definition should be on memory side for better clarity (idiomatic convention, suggested by ECM)
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cosmetic fix for refreshing entries in the img list
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implemented cached answers in Linux version
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implemented caching of answers
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updated mdr
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added /hlt and /noui
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frozen ethflop v0.6.1 to tags
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renamed tag so it reflects ethflop version
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frozen ver 20240902 to tags
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Linux Makefile uses gcc
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doc update
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doc update
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improved timeout and retransmission routines: first retry after ca. 250ms, then every 440ms and timeout after 2s
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