Date: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 12:29:26 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: root@synthcom.com (Neil Bradley) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: DOS File system fixes Message-ID: <199601091029.MAA01438@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSD.3.91.960109004341.4059B-100000@synthcom.com> from "Neil Bradley" at Jan 9, 96 00:47:09 am
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On Tue, 9 Jan 1996, Neil Bradley wrote: > It would be heinous to support something like DBLSPACE. ;-) Hmmm.... :-) Actually, though, I feel that if we can't support the msdosfs _as_it_is_ used_, then we aren't living up to "FreeBSD is better" and the msdosfs support is more something to look good on the features list than an actual benefit. I know one of the big gripes about one of the OS/2 WARP releases was that it didn't want to have anything to do with compressed drives. DBLSPACE should be in there somewhere (though admittedly not a top priority). > . . . . . > Something like INT 14h could be simulated very easily with IOCTL calls to > the sio's. The 0x14 stuff (serial I/O) is pretty brain-dead. I can't see anyone happily running SLIP/PPP at 1200 bps.... :-) Seriously, though, I think the BIOS support needs to be very specific rather than general, and only as a last resort for "DOS-specific" hardware. -- Robert Nordier rnordier@iafrica.com E.A.C.
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