Sounds good to me. :)
I have to say, I love the idea of a 64-bit DPMI. That's an area in which we
would have total creative freedom because (unless I've missed the news)
*nobody* has made such a thing yet. The only problem is that I haven't been
able to find a whole lot of info on 64-bit long mode.
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Louis Santillan <lpsan...@gmail.com> wrote:
> To maybe summarize and make the task list a bit more concrete.
>
> Goals for FD 1.2
> * Update kernel (release 2042?)
> * Update apps
> * Update translations
> * Update installer
> * Update/Standardize on mTCP and FDNPKG
> * Live-CD with installer
> * Floppy-based installer
>
> Possible Goals for FD 2.0
> * USB-drive installer
> * UEFI companion CSM/SeaBIOS
> * UEFI boot-capability (from Floppy, HDD, CD-ROM, USB, other?)
> * Hardware detection, driver config & install (network, audio?)
> * 16-bit core/boot image, build up of 32-bit/DPMI userland
> * Port mTCP and dependent tools to 32-bit/DPMI
>
>
> Feel free to chop up this list.
>
> Intentionally, I'm leaving off the 2.0 list things like making LFN
> (work!) better, better PXE boot support (PXE boot image), picking a
> 32-bit compiler (OW vs. DJGPP), the possibility of a "64-bit DPMI",
> anything else that could take significant amounts of man-hours.
>
>
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