Date: Thu, 11 Apr 1996 21:52:53 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au> To: sos@FreeBSD.ORG Cc: msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au, tam@riogrande.cs.tcu.edu, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: DOS emulator; Silly questions ... Message-ID: <199604111222.VAA29940@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <199604110959.LAA23193@ra.dkuug.dk> from "sos@FreeBSD.ORG" at Apr 11, 96 11:59:41 am
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sos@FreeBSD.ORG stands accused of saying: > > > > Yes and no, in that order. There are some kernel interaction problems > > that aren't yet resolved, and until we've got this sorted out, the > > remainder is effectively impossible to test. > > Ahem, it shouldn't be much trouble in getting these userlevel things > going, the main difficulty is to get VM86 support into the kernel, > which is a totally different matter (which has been looked at by > various people, me including). It is also imperative that the VM86 > support be done in a way so it can be used for other things,, or > this will just be another bloat to the system... Well, if you're in a position to see what CMH did to the NetBSD vm86() code to shim it to doscmd and then bring their vm86 code over, please do. Meanwhile it's worth noting that BSDI appear to have bent over backwards to avoid using vm86() to implement this, for reasons not yet clear. > This has no chance of getting into -stable as I see it... Hmm, meant to imply 2.2-stable, certainly not 2.1! > Soren Schmidt (sos@FreeBSD.org) FreeBSD Core Team -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] Collector of old Unix hardware. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[
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