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Hello Holger,
on Sun 30-05-1999 00:06 you wrote:
>Hi Martin, hi Odd!
>
>OS>After this the system stops booting.
>
>I also could cause this stop. But I can't remember how. It occured when I was
>testing a configuration that would probably not work - and it didn't work.
>That's why I forgot about this config.
If I don't use cache_of.prg between set_mmu and mint.prg the system stops
booting at the point that I should load mint.prg
Note: Of all the prg's I use the "Load alt" and "Malloc alt" flags are
disabled.
>
>What is PCI_BIOS.PRG used for? I only know PCI_CONF.PRG. Can you disable
>NOVACAL, LIBERTY, SHMW_IH, CLOCKY and BETADOS (what is it?)?
PCI-BIOS for Hades 040/060 V1.12d / 20.09.1998
================================================
The PCI-BIOS offers a standardised interface for all ATARI
compatibles with a PCI-Bus. Thereby drivers developed on
a Hades will also work on the Milan.
For the Hades there is an additional possibility of installing
a low-level BIOS (PCI_CONF.PRG from Torsten Lang), that offers
a lot of informations over Cookies. For more infos regarding
PCI_CONF.PRG contact the author Torsten Lang.
If you launch PCI_CONF.PRG before PCI_BIOS.PRG, the _PCI Cookie
is already installed. So PCI_BIOS.PRG uses the offered informations
from PCI_CONF.PRG (via the Subcookies) und then (only) installs the
interface for the standardised BIOS-functions.
Because there will be no PCI_CONF.PRG on the Milan, programmers of
any drivers should only use the standardised BIOS-interface for
accessing the PCI-devices. Otherwise those drivers will not work
on other ATARI-compatibles with a PCI-Bus like Milan.
If you use PCI_BIOS.PRG alone, it takes over (except adding the
Subcookies) the tasks of PCI_CONF.PRG and installs the _PCI Cookie
with the necessary informations for the BIOS-interface itself.
But the informations, that would be offered by PCI_CONF.PRG via
the Subcookies, will not be lost. Because PCI_BIOS.PRG offers
the standardised BIOS-function 'get_resource' to get all of
these informations.
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I've disabled all the prg you've suggested but still the same. Without
cache_of.prg the system stops booting.
BetaDOS is a replacement for Atari MetaDOS. I use it with the SPIN
drivers.
>
>I'm also using CACHE_WT.PRG in the autofolder (at the beginning).
If I load it from the beginning my system won't boot at all.
The only way right now to boot up my system completely without any
warnings is by using cache_of and by launching min_cach.prg from
n.aes.cnf.
If I don't use min_cach I get Memory violation warnings for Taskbar and
Thing 1.27. Thing can be launched again from n_aes and taskbar from the
desktop.
But if I use cache_on.prg from desktop the whole system freezes.
CU
Martin
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