- Modify DiskReportError() to use an internal "display counter", so that
imbricated DiskReportError(FALSE) ... DiskReportError(TRUE) can behave
as expected.
- Merge LoadAndBootDrive(), LoadAndBootPartition(),
LoadAndBootBootSector() into one LoadAndBootDevice() function + its
helpers (in progress...).
- Move DiskStopFloppyMotor() calls into the implementations of
Boot(New)LinuxKernel() and Reboot() HW functions, and the explanation
comments in ChainLoadBiosBootSectorCode().
- Remove unneeded DiskStopFloppyMotor() dummies in ARM and PPC code.
- Use more adequate bitmask value to be sent to floppy's Digital Output
Register for shutting down its motor (based on OSDev & our floppy
controller driver).
- Add optional arguments BootDrive and BootPartition to
ChainLoadBiosBootSectorCode() so as not to modify explicitly the
FrldrBootDrive and FrldrBootPartition variables, that should remain
purely internal.
- Implement ChainLoadBiosBootSectorCode() for x64.
- Get rid of the machine-specific DiskGetBootPath(), and instead do its
job only once in the machine-specific InitializeBootDevices() (or in
MachInit() for PPC).
Cache the result of this operation into the globally-accessible
FrldrBootPath buffer. This avoids the unneeded calls to (Mach)DiskGetBootPath()
we used to do before.
Also remove the separate distinction between the PC and XBOX versions
of this functionality.
- Move the PC-specific DiskIsDriveRemovable() and DiskGetBootPath()
as well as the disk-IO-error functionality, back into the
corresponding PC-arch files.
- Simplify IniFileInitialize(), getting rid of IniOpenIniFile().