Re: [MiNT] kernel 1.15.10b fragmentation

[Petr Stehlik <joy@sophics.cz>]

On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Thomas Binder wrote:

> > replacements yet and their source code is not available (ST-Guide has
> > been recently named as one of those problematic but widely used
> > programs). The proposed kernel call doesn't help them, does it?
> 
> Nope. But it helps to set the memory protection flags of such offending
> programs to `readable' in most cases - sometimes you need `global',
> depending on what protocol messages they use.

Sounds like the proposed kernel call would allow somebody to write a
checker - an application that would automatically scan your system, find
all offending programs and set their memory protection flags. At least
this is something that would be really helpful. Is it possible to automate
this task? I doubt that.

Another approach is to manually keep a list of all programs together with
suggested memory flags. Then a simple script could be written that would
again scan your system, find the files and set their flags. Just to have
the list of all programs :-)

Petr
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