| 1 | Defect TIMIDITY installation
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| 2 | -----------------------------
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| 3 |
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| 4 | Description: New minstall does not allow 6 char wide version number.
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| 5 | Explanation: The official MCI limit is 5 chars for this field like mentioned in
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| 6 | mcios2.h (note: the value is 6, but 6 is including an ending
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| 7 | zero, this means 5 real chars).
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| 8 | Another example would be the cardinfo.rc from the official MPU-401
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| 9 | driver, which lists all those limits -1, because those limits dont
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| 10 | include the ending zero.
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| 11 |
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| 12 | So actually it's a bug in the installation. Repairing it would mean a hack-in
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| 13 | that doesn't follow the official specs. Me thinks that IBM minstall cut
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| 14 | the last char away, but I bet that's "just" because the IBM installer nearly
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| 15 | allows ALL stuff to be at any length and crashes in most of those cases. Also
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| 16 | my code is somewhat build around the official MCI structures and it fits all
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| 17 | the strings exactly in there and checks the length. So it would be kinda hard
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| 18 | to even implement it w/o writing much new code that could introduce other bugs.
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| 19 |
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| 20 | Possible solution: write in FAQ how to adjust the .scr file to meet the
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| 21 | official requirements (change "21.0.4" to "2.0.4"). Probably also inform
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| 22 | developer and let him fix it and release another version. If he's not interested
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| 23 | just fix it by yourself.
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| 24 |
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| 25 | Attachment - Snippet from MPU-401 driver cardinfo.rc:
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| 26 | ======================================================
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| 27 | /**** Data for INI File ****/
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| 28 | "2", /* Number of Drivers to Install (1 char) */
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| 29 | "MPU-401", /* Product name (39 chars) */
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| 30 | "1.1.0" /* Version of the adapter's software (5 chars)*/
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| 31 | THAT HERE IS THE SAME AS IN MCIINSTALLDRV AND YOU SEE, IT SAYS 5 CHARS MAX!
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| 32 | "MPU401", /* PDD Name (6 chars) */
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| 33 | "MDM", /* MCD table name (19 chars) */
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| 34 | "\0" /* VSD table name (19 chars) */
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