Re: [MiNT] 040/060 MMU tree builder beta available (fwd)

[Odd Skancke <oskancke@online.no>]

Mail #3 from Martin

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Date: Sat, 29 May 1999 01:50:58 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Martin Nightowl Byttebier <tos4ever@ping.be>
To: oskancke@online.no
Subject: Re: [MiNT] 040/060 MMU tree builder beta available

Hello Odd,

on Fri 28-05-1999 23:17 you wrote:


>> 
>> I also placed cache_of between set_mmu.prg and mint.prg.
>
> This is not necessary...

Euch, without cache_of the system stops booting just before it tries to 
laod MiNT.
>
> You can not use min_cach.prg, as it turns off the MMU, effectively
>destroying memory-protection! The only reason why this works at all, is
>that the memory mapping is 1:1, that is, logical and physical addresses
>are the same. When I get this (if I get this) ST/TT RAM splitting
>implemented, there's no way you can use anything that turns off the PMMU.
>You might as well run as mintnp.prg.

So that's maybe the reason that every program I've tried so far worked but 
why says Mintsetter memory protected?
Profiles sees the memory also as protected.
 
PROFILE v2.22 by Linnhe Computing - Mark S Baines (c) 1994, 1995, 1997

Memory
~~~~~~
ST RAM installed:                          14 Mb
Total ST TPA memory available:             14620932 bytes (99.59%)
Total ST TPA memory used:                  4192516 bytes (28.55%)
Total ST TPA memory free:                  10428416 bytes (71.03%)
Largest ST TPA memory block:               10428416 bytes (71.03%)
Virtual memory installed:                  Yes - Unknown manager
Total virtual TPA memory free:             109182976 bytes
Largest virtual TPA memory block:          109174784 bytes
Displayed screen size:                     995328 bytes (0.10%)
Screen area memory:                        2145386496 bytes (30.27%)
System area memory:                        59132 bytes (0.04%)
Memory management unit (MMU) is protected: Yes
Long stackframe:                           Yes


Report generated on:  May 29, 1999  01:40:46
PROFILE v2.22 - End of report

>
> Can I post to the mails regarding this to the mint-list? I think that
>other people know more about the above applications and why they fail. I
>don't use any of them, except from taskbar and Thing.. and those should
>not fail. I'm saying here that I need help to find out why this happens,
>and I think that I should post your previous mail and my response to this
>to the mint-list. can we?

Please do so.

TTFN
Martin
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