Re: Dos App hangs with DPMI / PIC problem

["anon permutation" <anonpermutation@hotmail.com>]

Hi Ryan,

I have uploaded a complete log here:

http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1027805&group_id=49784&atid=457447


>The other thing is that you can try patching the conditional jump
>immediately after that comparison that never succeeds:
>c316:9036 F64408FF         test    [si+0x8],0xff
>c316:903a 7408             je      9044

how do i "patch" this jump?


>From: Ryan Underwood <nemesis-lists@icequake.net>
>To: anon permutation <anonpermutation@hotmail.com>
>CC: linux-msdos@vger.kernel.org
>Subject: Re: Dos App hangs with DPMI / PIC problem
>Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 11:16:25 -0500
>
>
> > Ryan, the dos app was designed for running on a MS-DOS machine that has 
>no
> > Windows on it.  Since it is not meant for Linux, the vendor is not 
>willing
> > to support me in any way...
>
>Maybe you should make some noise to his competitors...
>
> > I also tried to attach dosdebug to dosemu before I start the Dos App.  I
> > was told that dosdebug will give a lot more information on the problem 
>this
> > way. However, dosdebug did not give me any extra info when the Dosemu 
>hang.
> >
> > Thank you for helping me.  What else can I try?
>
>Well, the first thing I'm wondering is what int you are inside of in
>that trace.  Eventually it does iret, but there was never an int that I
>can see.  Was part of the trace omitted?
>
>The other thing is that you can try patching the conditional jump
>immediately after that comparison that never succeeds:
>c316:9036 F64408FF         test    [si+0x8],0xff
>c316:903a 7408             je      9044
>
>The op code for jmp 9044 is EB08.  This will at least get you past this
>while (foo != -1) situation, but it might just loop again or crash
>afterwards.  You could also try printing the value at the memory
>location si+0x8 when you arrive at that instruction to see if it ever
>changes.
>
>--
>Ryan Underwood, <nemesis@icequake.net>
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