What is ram-handler?

[motorollin]

I have added almost everything from the OS3.9 "AmigaOS ROM Update" in to a 3.1 image, which successfully boots when BlizKicked, with the NOROMUPDATE flag set on setpatch.

The only thing I can't add is ram-handler, Remus complains that it contains BSS hunks. How important is it that I update this file to the 3.9 version? Bear in mind that it must be inside the ROM image, not loaded as a BlizKick module, as I want to burn the kickstart image to an EPROM.

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moto

[motorollin]

I guessed that ram-handler handles the ram :-) Version 39.4 is resident in my 3.1 image, and 44.23 is in the AmigaOS ROM Update. The system appears to be working ok with 39.4 and everything else on 44.x, but I would prefer to insert it into the image if possible.

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moto

[motorollin]

Well the custom chips and Kickstart have access to chip ram... maybe ram-handler is only needed for fast ram?

There's definitely no ram-handler file on my 3.9 setup. (just searched)

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moto

[motorollin]

I'm using 0.94, which is the latest version on Doobrey's web site.

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moto

[motorollin]

@Matt_H
Hmmm just tried patching it with the version from Aminet, but get the same error when trying to insert it into the ROM. If I copy it to L: will it override the version in ROM?

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moto

[motorollin]

You rock Doobrey :-) The patched ram-handler (using your patch, not the one from Aminet) was inserted fine in to the ROM image. And as a nice side effect, the RAM disk now shows 1% fill and 117.5MB free :-D

Now, just got to find a burner and some EPROMs......

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moto

[motorollin]

Doobrey wrote:

Now, just got to find a burner and some EPROMs......

Whatever you do, don't show a video of it booting on the internet
Or Amiga Inc will send the boys 'round , bloody incompetant morons:roll:

Why? I own the 3.1 ROM and OS3.9, so it's no business of Amiga Inc if I make my own ROM chip.

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moto