[OpenBIOS] patch to allow Mac OS 9 to boot

[Programmingkid]

On Feb 5, 2016, at 7:33 AM, BALATON Zoltan wrote:

> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016, Programmingkid wrote:
>> Here is another reason why I think the CR-LF patch should be applied:
> [...]
>> With and without the patch Fedora makes it to the same place.
> 
> This does not change that it's a hack we should avoid, especially if it only works by chance.

Are you talking about the CR-LF patch? The logic of the patch looks sound. It just keeps linefeeds and carriage returns out of strings that are being executed. What chance are we taking? 


> On Thu, 4 Feb 2016, Mark Cave-Ayland wrote:
>> From memory the r-stack commands were being executed but the only reason
>> this worked was because of the OpenBIOS trampoline between calling each
>> word which just about allowed execution to continue.
> 
> Do you have any more info about what are these r-stack commands and what's the issue with them currently so we can find a way that this could be cleanly resolved? Maybe if you can describe what needs to be done someone would be able to pick it up and create a patch.

I think the CR-LF patch and this r-stack issue are two completely unrelated issues. Or are they related?