Re: Boot process description (Was: Re: Netboot not detected by

[Gero Kuhlmann <gero@gkminix.han.de>]

Hello,

Mike Hammer <mike-hammer@usa.net> wrote:
> I need to start doing more testing using 0.9.0d with 8019 and 8029 since last
> time i left the testing of 0.9.0d, i was heaving problem with *even* 8019
> and 8029.

RTL8029 works fine on my system.

>     However
>     there seem to be a call to function called "nbmalloc()" which is not
>     provided in DJGPP platform.  Previous to 0.8.1, "nbmalloc()" has not been
>     used.  Is there somewhere i can find the implementation of "nbmalloc()" or
>     can i replace the "nbmalloc()" with "mymalloc()" of 0.7.3 version?

nbmalloc() is part of the netboot runtime library. All utility programs
(e.g. makerom, mknbi-*) get linked against this library. nbmalloc() behaves
exactly like the old mymalloc().

gero.

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