Re: port-i386/58624: dosboot(8) fails to load kernel through eXtended Memory Specification API (XMS)

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The following reply was made to PR port-i386/58624; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Rin Okuyama <rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>
To: Andrius V <vezhlys%gmail.com@localhost>
Cc: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, port-i386-maintainer%netbsd.org@localhost,
 gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost, netbsd-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Subject: Re: port-i386/58624: dosboot(8) fails to load kernel through eXtended
 Memory Specification API (XMS)
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2024 17:40:10 +0900

 On 2024/08/28 4:40, Andrius V wrote:
 > On Mon, Aug 26, 2024 at 11:14â?¯AM Rin Okuyama<rokuyama.rk%gmail.com@localhost>  wrote:
 >> Let us drop XMS support entirely. It has been broken over the
 >> last quarter century (!!!), and we can safely assume there are
 >> no user needs... As a bonus, we can unifdef some `XMS` blocks
 >> outside dosboot directory.
 >>
 > Sure, I can remove the code if nobody else is against that.
 > I would assume the fix would have been few lines of code here and there,
 > however I agree that removing it gives more practical advantages,
 > including the cleaner code.
 
 Thanks, please go ahead!
 
 // If you are really interested to fix it, I will gladly offer testing;
 // I will excavate my copy of PC DOS from somewhere in my room :)
 //
 // Retro computing is always fun. I do not definitely mean to impose,
 // of course, although ;)
 
 Thanks,
 rin