Changeset 46 for trunk/BUILD.NFO

Timestamp:

Apr 12, 2014, 8:23:32 AM (11 years ago)

Author:

Ben Rietbroek

Message:

Various Changes [2012-04-14]

WARNING!!

All commits upto and including the commit of [2012-05-13] contain
a severe bug!! Building from these sources and then disabling
the 'force LBA' feature while also using the drive-letter feature or
editing the label can DESTROY THE MBR on ALL ATTACHED DISKS!!
DO NOT DISABLE 'FORCE LBA USAGE' WHEN BUILT FROM THE THESE COMMITS!!

Changes

o Added BLDLEVEL support
o Enhanced Master Make
o Sanitized sources
o Support for Wasm and Masm6 (experimental)
o Renamed MBR_PROT.ASM to MBR-PROT.ASM
o Merged bitfield code Into Installer
o First steps for cross platform Installer
o More...

File:

• trunk/BUILD.NFO (modified) (5 diffs)

trunk/BUILD.NFO

@@ -1 @@
-======================================================
+===============================================================================
  BUILD.NFO -- Information on building AiR-BOOT v1.0.8
-======================================================
+===============================================================================
 
 Building AiR-BOOT and the support tools has been completely revamped
@@ -15 +15 @@
 also adding extensive cross-platform support.
 
+Several cross-reference files are generated, like object disassemblies
+and executable header dumps. This aids development in checking for assembler
+generation and the correctness of that code.
+
 The (DOS-only) FIXCODE.COM program that is used to embed the MBR-protection
 in the AiR-BOOT image has been replaced by platform specific versions.
@@ -21 +25 @@
 
 The preferred assembler is now JWasm.
-Note however that JWasm/DOS does not work so this environment will use
-Tasm/DOS. The DOS build-environment will probably be discontinued in
+While Tasm4/Masm6 and Wasm are also supported, their use should be of an
+experimental nature only. Limitations for checking section overlaps
+and other assembler specific directives inhibit the use of JWasm to
+it's fullest capability.
+Since JWasm is open-source and mature, there is no need to support other
+assemblers in future releases of AiR-BOOT.
+
+The JWasmD extended DOS version needs DPMI 'enabled' and XMS set to 0
+to be able to run in an eCS DOS session.
+The DOS build-environment will probably be discontinued in
 the future due to it's many restrictions. DOS specific targets can
 be built on the other platforms.
 
 The Open Watcom tool-chain in combination with JWasm is now the
-default tool-chain. No syntax or operational compatibility with other
-assemblers or compilers is attempted.
+default tool-chain.
 
 Building AiR-BOOT v1.0.8 requires the following tools:
@@ -35 +46 @@
 - Open Watcom 32-bits C-Compiler v1.9 or higher
 - Open Watcom Linker v1.9 or higher
-- JWasm Assembler v2.06d
+- JWasm Assembler v2.06d or higher
 
 As a convenience a simple GNUmakefile also exists where a Makefile exists.
@@ -43 +54 @@
 Note that only the loader, installer and setaboot targets are built.
 No floppy, cd-rom, etc. images.
+
+
+Rousseau.