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HimemX v3.32 bug ? (DOSX)

posted by FFK , 18.12.2008, 01:56

> Yes, looks good. Now if you use the XMSSTAT tool supplied with Jemm it
> might give a hint what's going wrong.

Rectification HimemX was not reporting correct value with mem in my desktop
with 1GB RAM and this doesn't happen with Himem.sys or XMGR.sys

Type of Memory-----Total--------Used------Free
------------------------------------------------
Conventional------655 360------84 416----570 944
Upper ------------0------------0----------0
Reserved ---------393 216------393 216 ---0
Extended (XMS)----15 728 640---?----------1 071 837 1
------------------------------------------------
Total memory------16 777 216---?----------1 072 408 1

Total under 1 MB--655 360------84 416-----570 944

Largest executable program size         570 816   (557K)
Largest free upper memory block               0     (0K)
MS-DOS is resident in the high memory area.

Here the output of XMSSTAT with HimemX on a 2GB RAM laptop:

XMS call address: 024C:061E
XMS version: 3.0
HMA handled by XMS host, HMA is allocated
largest free memory block (v2) in kB: 65535, total free: 65535
largest free memory block (v3) in kB: 1964636, total free: 1964636
XMS handle table at 024C:0030, handle cnt/size=48/10
XMS handle array at 024C:0660

 no handle region            size(kB) locks flags
--------------------------------------------------------
  1 0660   00110000-00110FFF        4     1 02 used
  2 066A   00111000-77FA7FFF  1964636     0 01 free
--------------------------------------------------------
                              1964640
free handles: 46
no UMB handler installed

and the output of XMSSTAT with Himem.sys on a 2GB RAM laptop :

XMS call address: 024C:00CF
XMS version: 3.0
HMA handled by XMS host, HMA is allocated
largest free memory block (v2) in kB: 65535, total free: 65535
largest free memory block (v3) in kB: 1964636, total free: 1964636
XMS handle table at FFF8:CC90, handle cnt/size=48/10
XMS handle array at FFF8:D58E

 no handle region            size(kB) locks flags
--------------------------------------------------------
  1 D58E   00110000-00110FFF        4     1 02 used
  2 D598   00111000-77FA7FFF  1964636     0 01 free
--------------------------------------------------------
                              1964640
free handles: 46
no UMB handler installed

EDIT by rr: added {code} tag for better readability

Complete thread:

• HimemX v3.32 bug ? - FFK, 17.12.2008, 16:25
  • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - Japheth, 17.12.2008, 16:38
    • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - FFK, 17.12.2008, 19:44
      • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - Japheth, 17.12.2008, 22:22
        • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - FFK, 18.12.2008, 01:56
          • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - Japheth, 18.12.2008, 21:16
            • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - FFK, 19.12.2008, 10:44
              • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - Japheth, 19.12.2008, 13:16
                • HimemX v3.32 bug ? - FFK, 23.12.2008, 21:23
  • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - DOS386, 29.12.2008, 01:59
    • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - Rugxulo, 29.12.2008, 23:01
      • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - DOS386, 30.12.2008, 22:53
        • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - FFK, 08.01.2009, 15:50
          • D3X extender + SSE - Rugxulo, 09.01.2009, 00:48
      • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - FFK, 31.12.2008, 09:34
        • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - Rugxulo, 02.01.2009, 05:01
          • HimemX v3.32 bug ? DUGL - FFK, 08.01.2009, 15:49