BlizKick & Exec 44.1 Question

[Piru]

@dannyp1

OK, I opened the shell and got version 45.20. What is this trying to tell me?

That if you want to use exec 44 you must adjust your SetPatch line to look something like:

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SetPatch QUIET SKIPROMUPDATES "exec.library"

[Piru]

Well "romfixes" is a safe bet, it is a good idea for pretty much any setup.

Other modules that are good to have (TM): FixMath404, PatchMath020 and ramlibstack.

060 users might want to add FixGetMsg.

If you're using the A1200 IDE, then add SpeedyIDE.

Note that there are more modules but these are IMO the most important ones.


*EDIT*

Once you have these going you might want to look into splitting the "AmigaOS ROM Update" file to modules (romupdatesplit) and preloading them with BlizKick instead. Saves single reboot at system poweron. You'll need to look into EXTRESBUF argument for these, since they can't fit inside the ROM itself.

And yes, I know... it's not very end user friendly app. :-)

[Piru]

Yes

[Piru]

@AmigaMance

Why is FixMath404 useful when the HSMathLibs libraries are installed? This modules fixes a bug in the original mathieeesingbas.library which is replaced by the newer and probably bug-fixed HS version.

FixMath404 doesn't take any additional resources. It just makes sure the original library is fixed already. Thus if for some reason something uses the library before the patch, or if you remove the patch, you won't get a crash. If you use HSMathLib mathieesingbas as a BK module then you can drop it. But it still doesn't cause any harm other than taking couple of msec at initial system startup.

Also, isn't the FixGetMsg module obsolete if someone uses Exec 44.1?

Sure, but it doesn't hurt either. If you at some point drop exec44 you'll still have the fix from FixGetMsg then. Again, it doesn't take any additional resources.

But in normal situation you don't get any extra benefit from these two modules when using HSMath and exec44. So: Useful? In some specific rare cases. Necessary? no.