Pi 400 oddity

Using the changes to the source code which are awaiting merging, I built a 5.29 rom for the Pi 400. It works on Pi 4 and Pi 400 announcing itself as RISC OS 5.29 (11-Nov-2020) in the switcher menu. Strangely though it does different things on the Pi 4 and Pi 400 if you use *FX 0. On the Pi 400 it reports ‘(number)’. On the Pi 4 it works as expected. Same ROM, same SD card. The rom compiled with no errors…

The rom concerned is here as update 14.

With update 14 on the RPi400 using FX0 outside of the Desktop reports the version plus (Error number &F7). Within the Desktop, in a TaskWindow or at F12, it reports the the version without the error. This is just a foible of the way *FX0 reports its data.

What I am saying is that report says ‘(Number)’ not the OS number and date (with or without the error number).

I also get the following:

*help EGEInfo
==> Help on keyword EGEInfo
Message token HEGEI not found
Message token SEGEI not found

What I am saying is that report says ‘(Number)’ not the OS number and date (with or without the error number).

I don’t see that, definitely an oddity.

I also get the following:

*help EGEInfo
==> Help on keyword EGEInfo
Message token HEGEI not found
Message token SEGEI not found

There is a merge request for the fix in git

There is a merge request

Which seems hidden …

Which seems hidden …

Yes it is rather …

BCM2835.RiscOS.Sources.Networking.Ethernet.EtherGENET.Resources.UK.CmdHelp

Original

#{Token0=EGEInfo}
HEBI:*EGEInfo displays information about the EtherGE network interface.
SEBI:Syntax: *EGEInfo [unit number]
#{Token0=EGETest}
HEBT:*EGETest performs a self test on the EtherGE network interface.
SEBT:Syntax: *EGETest [unit number]

This is what I did.

#{Token0=EGEInfo}
HEGEI:*EGEInfo displays information about the EtherGE network interface.
SEGEI:Syntax: *EGEInfo [unit number]
#{Token0=EGETest}
HEGET:*EGETest performs a self test on the EtherGE network interface.
SEGET:Syntax: *EGETest [unit number]

N.B. The above are not in the original format as zero terminated lines give a Rails error.

The file can be downloaded fom git

*help EGEInfo
==> Help on keyword EGEInfo
Message token HEGEI not found
Message token SEGEI not found

The merge request to fix this is still pending.

*help EGEInfo
==> Help on keyword EGEInfo
Message token HEGEI not found
Message token SEGEI not found

This is now fixed, the help messages do appear.

Thanks.