Re: MiNT vector unlinking (was: STiNG, C

[Jo Even Skarstein <joska@nuts.edu>]

On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Martin-Eric Racine wrote:

>  >allocates space for the cookie-jar in global memory, and copies all
>  >cookies except RSVF to the new location. This is what the source says:
>  >
>  >"but don't copy RSVF, MiNTs /dev is for real..."
>  >
>  >Why is this done? Just curious.
> 
> Indeed??? Can we patch MiNT back to copy EVERY cookie, please?

Very easy, it's just a matter of commenting out four lines of code in
main.c. But is this a good idea? A brief look at the code (bios.c,
biosfs.c) indicates that MiNT actually uses RSVF for it's serial
devices. If the cookie isn't destroyed, and other programs use it
(like CoNnect perhaps), it's out of MiNTs control and things can get
really messy.

>  >Harun Scheutzow has an aversion to MiNT, so I wouldn't get my hopes
>  >up...
> 
> As I remember from personal mail with Jerry, Harun doesn't hate
> MiNT; he simply didn't like the idea of renaming /dev/modemX to
> /dev/ttyX as per Unix convention. That's why I'm saying that it

?? What's the problem? Haven't he heard about links? I have both ttyX
and modemX in /dev.

> might be feasable, for someone with good diplomacy, to convince
> Harun to release his sources.

Sure, it would have been nice.


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