[ros-dev] Re: [ros-cvs] CVS Update: reactos

[Alex Ionescu]

Hi Eric,

Thanks for fixing that...I'm going to commit a freeldr change and then 
I'll try loading ROS at 0x80000000 and see if I run into any new issues.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

Eric Kohl wrote:

><ion at cvs.reactos.com> wrote:
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>>CVSROOT: /CVS/ReactOS
>>Module name: reactos
>>Repository: reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/
>>Changes by: ion at mok.osexperts.com 04/10/04 14:38:49
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>>Modified files:
>>./: config rules.mak
>>reactos/include/ntdll/: rtl.h
>>reactos/ntoskrnl/: Makefile
>>reactos/ntoskrnl/include/internal/i386/: mm.h
>>reactos/ntoskrnl/ke/i386/: multiboot.S
>>reactos/ntoskrnl/mm/: mminit.c
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>>Log message:
>>Un-hardcoded the 0xC0000000 value, and stuck the define in one single
>>place both for ASM and C code. This define is 0x80000000 by default, but
>>automatically sets itself to 0xC0000000 if 3GB is set to 1 in
>>reactos/config. This option is turned on by default for now, because the
>>Default heap is at 0xA0000000, which doesn't work on a non 3GB system.
>>Lower values seem to crash Win32K but I fill figure out a solution.
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>I tried a NULL base address in the call to RtlCreateHeap (in
>lib/ntdll/ldr/startup.c) and regedit (WIN32 app) works very well. The NULL
>base address enables the default bottom-up memory allocation so the heap
>will be allocated from the bootom of the process address space just like
>Windows does. HEAP_BASE should have been removed ages ago.
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>Regards,
>Eric
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