Re: port-i386/58624: dosboot(8) fails to load kernel through eXtended Memory Specification API (XMS)

[Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>]

On 2024/08/28 4:40, Andrius V wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM Rin Okuyama<rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>  wrote:
> > Let us drop XMS support entirely. It has been broken over the
> > last quarter century (!!!), and we can safely assume there are
> > no user needs... As a bonus, we can unifdef some `XMS` blocks
> > outside dosboot directory.
> Sure, I can remove the code if nobody else is against that.
> I would assume the fix would have been few lines of code here and there,
> however I agree that removing it gives more practical advantages,
> including the cleaner code.

Thanks, please go ahead!

// If you are really interested to fix it, I will gladly offer testing;
// I will excavate my copy of PC DOS from somewhere in my room :)
//
// Retro computing is always fun. I do not definitely mean to impose,
// of course, although ;)

Thanks,
rin