From:	Charles Sandmann <sandmann AT new-orleans DOT NeoSoft DOT com>
Subject:	Re: a funny in one of the djgpp zip files
To:	turnbull AT shako DOT sk DOT tsukuba DOT ac DOT jp (Stephen Turnbull)
Date:	Fri, 6 Jan 1995 19:37:54 -0600 (CST)
Cc:	ld AT netrix DOT com, DJGPP AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu

>     I note that fsdb091a is (presumably) obsolete (it is no longer available
>     on SimTel).

Actually fsdb104 started with fsdb091, but fsdb091 had been evolving
also, so there are actually now two fsdb packages.  fsdb092 (maintained
by Morten Welinder) is a newer version of fsdb091, but isn't widely
available.  It has been developed with DPMI in mind, and runs under V2.
I had problems getting fsdb104 working under V2, so it currently doesn't
work with V2 (this probably can be fixed with some work).  Each has
unique valuable features.

>     have to* do either....) file specifies that a GO32 v1.11.maint5.n
>     needs to be used.  Is GO32 v.1.12[.maint[1-3]] compatible with
>     fsdb104?  Or does the hacked version still need to be used?  What
>     about future releases of GO32 (I know, V2 will be here RSN and the
>     won't be a GO32, but...) and fsdb?  I ask primarily because Eli
>     Zaretskii's FAQ doesn't specify GO32 v1.11.maint5.n, and it would
>     be nice if the FAQ got this right.

I have suggested to Long Doan that an environment variable be used for
the COM port info so an unmodified GO32 will work.  To work (easily)
with V2, ed.c needs to be unmodified, and any needed include files
be included under ed.h.  Any references to 0xe0000000 need to be
replaced with the farptr functions.

> (5) While we're on the subject of the future of DJGPP and fsdb, are
>     there concrete plans to convert fsdb for use with V2?  Again, Eli
>     gives a short blurb on V2, and it would be nice (certainly not
>     essential, but nice) to have accurate information on that.

I have FSDB092 working under V2 right now, with virtually no changes
required from the V1.1x version.  Under V2 the debugger is a standalone
image (fsdb yourprog yourarg1 yourarg2 ...).

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