Re: [Freedos-devel] Kernel EBDA+UMB bug - micellanea

[Tom E. <te...@dr...>]

Dear,

I can reproduce the bug; reason so far not found

> 3) I've checked my understanding of the bug is correct, actually I
> can "repair" the Kernel's mess "manually" adjusting one MCB and one
> internal variable in "sysvars" (list of list) after (J)EMM's is
> loaded, then let the system load normally.

of course it would be helpful for the uninitiated if you could share
which MCB and which internal variable to adjust

posting your source could also help

and being not so secretive about your project might even rise
motivation


> Indeed I could easily build a device driver that one would have to
> load /after/ the UMB provider to fix the Kernel's bug - but that
> would be a stretch - how confused would users be !
of course better to fix the bug in the kernel

Tom