[syslinux] [PATCH] memdisk: adjust order of DPT values in mstructs.h

Matt Fleming matt at console-pimps.org
Mon Oct 22 11:32:42 PDT 2012


On Mon, 2012-10-22 at 10:02 -0400, Kenneth J. Davis wrote:
> This is a resubmission of my patch sent Jun 18, 2011 since it does not
> seem it was accepted.  Please let me know if I am doing something
> wrong in how I am submitting this patch.  Thank you.
> 
> The below patch will swap order of sectors/track with bytes/sector to
> match diskette
> parameter table order (as pointed to by INT 1Eh).
> 
> References: (additional ones available if necessary)
> 'System BIOS for IBM PC/XT/AT computers and compatibles' by Phoenix
> Technologies Ltd. copyright 1987,88,89 3rd printing 1990 ISBN:
> 0-201-51806-6 pages 61-62
> 'PC Interrupts' 2nd edition by Ralf Brown & Jim Kyle copyright 1994
> 1st printing 1993 ISBN: 0-201-62485-0 page 211
> 
> Note: this fixes an issue with older FreeDOS kernels that expect this
> structure to contain valid values.
> Signed-off-by: Kenneth J. Davis <jeremyd at fdos.org>

Applied, thanks.

-- 
Matt Fleming, Intel Open Source Technology Center




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