ZeroPain and USBInfo

Dabbling with Fred G’s new offering StrongKey I hit some unusual key combinations, some of which generated ZeroPain log entries.

StrongKey is not the cause, as the log entries relate to a module USBInfo (version0.23) which is part of !HID which is runnning to provide scrollwheel support.

I have written to Paul Reuvers the author.

Are you sure it is related to the module? !USBinfo application certainly has ZeroPain issues, because it is compiled with ABC compiler and uses ABClib, and all such programs probably have issues. I understand this is being worked on.

Will there be an announcement wrt ABC? My old !DrawGen module was compiled using ABC and will presumably need re-compiling.

Jim

Short answer: yes.

I have had a reply from Paul Reuvers about the Zero Page accesses. He said:
“version 0.23 is very old (2004) and has various other ARMv7 alignment problems as well.”
“We are currently on version 0.32 in which all outstanding issues should be fixed.”
“Similar changes have been made to the USBHID module and to the ABCLibrary on which !HID runs.”

He also sent me new versions of !HID, !Confix, and !USBInfo, and I can confirm that they do not generate Zero Page errors.

“Similar changes have been made to the USBHID module and to the ABCLibrary on which !HID runs.”

Does that mean a new version of the ABC library is now available? If so, where, please?

Jim

Paul sent me a new version of !Confix which has version 4.17B supplied in directory RMStore.

You should probably ask him for a copy. I could send it to you but don’t know if that is proper, especially since it is beta.

OK, thanks, I’ll need to check to see if I have his email address or a web address.

Is the situation that only the library module needs to be replaced? Or do ABC programs need re-compiling?

Jim

Jim – I wrote to usb@xat.nl – he replied from paul@xat.nl – I supect that anything@xat.nl will be seen. He responded very quickly.

Paul sent me a new version of !Confix which has version 4.17B

v4.17B ??

That’s a heck of a version number jump, the Xat web site has v1.20 from 2014

v4.17B ??

I suspect that’s the version of the ABC Library, not ConFix itself. Or did you have your tongue in your cheek?

I suspect that’s the version of the ABC Library, not ConFix itself. Or did you have your tongue in your cheek?

Nah, dealing with a non-maskable interrupt¹ and not paying attention the the “in directory RMStore” bit. ABCLib in v1.20 of Confix is v4.14 from 29 Nov 2002, v4.17B may have all the ZPP elements sorted.

Mind you, Confix version 4.x with loads of extra features would be nice :)

¹ Cat, requiring food.
Option1 feed immediately.
Option2 delay, have cat walk on keyboard, feed cat, go back and see what got deleted/modified.

Sorry for causing confusion. This is what Paul sent me:-
HID 0.71
ConFix 1.31
USBInfo 0.81
ABCLib 4.17beta