RE: [MiNT] ext2fs

["Julian Reschke" <reschke@muenster.de>]

> From: owner-mint@fishpool.com [mailto:owner-mint@fishpool.com]On Behalf
> Of Petr Stehlik
> Sent: Tuesday, May 04, 1999 5:34 PM
> Cc: MiNT mailing list
> Subject: RE: [MiNT] ext2fs
>
>
> Julian,
>
> > So you want to base the decision on what time format to use within the
> > kernel on the requirements of one single corner clock TSR
> (which does not
> > work on graphics cards anyway)
>
> Please note that:
>
> - DTCOOKIE was designed for ShowTime (a corner clock TSR that works on
> a graphics card, IIRC)
>
> - DTCOOKIE is used also by Clocky (another corner clock TSR that works on
> NOVA and Milan graphics - the Milan is supported in an ureleased beta)
>
> - DTCOOKIE is not a requirement for running ShowTime nor Clocky, it is
> just better to have it installed because then the TSRs can easily track
> changes of date/time
>
> - and last: I agree with the idea of DTC daemon and I'll write it ASAP

Thanks for the clarification.

Im a totally aware of the fact that all this has been discussed before, and
that this discussion actually had a constructive result. This is the reason
why I am a bit annoyed that it was raised again (by somebody else).

Regards, jr