2009/11/24 Alfeiks Kaanoken <[email protected]> > >> >hi list > >> hi! > >> > >hi, i sorry for this late response > ok > >> > >> >are there somebody working on porting system onto i386 architecture ? > >> Actually nobody works on this(as I know). By the way it can be useful. > >> > >yes, it is > > > >> Well, it's not too late for start this. It will affect the microkernel > >> mostly > >> and some arch depended part of libs in user space. > >> > >could you describe the possible difficulties in porting this ? > well, it will affect a huge part of microkernel mm and ipc (since in 32bit > you > cannot see all the address space in kernel mode). I dont think that > bootstrap > part are difficult (it's a most of simple one), but ipc/mm will make a > headache while you will try to port it. > what the "headache" ?
> Sadly, but truth is a fact that you need to know internals good to port it, > while microkernel was develop many stuff was assigned to 64bit and in this > case > you need to know some specific in 32bit kernels. > hm ... is there docs available ? > > > >> I cannot do this now, at this moment I'm working on Jari OS in my spare > >> time > >> and I think that i386 is additional feature, but not the general one. > >> > >i can take this if somebody will explain me all the internals affected. > I can explain ;) mm and ipc will affected and ~50% of code should be > written > for architecture code. Other stuff such as user-space (arch depended > functions, linker scripts and so on), kernel bootstrap is a very simple to > port. > For now I cannot explain more (I was working on other things in this > project). > I'm afraid, but you need look for the microkernel source code more detailed > (mm/ipc part). > So, you may became a pioneer in porting Jari OS to other than amd64 > architecture anyway ;) > If you pick up this `big deal' - I can help you (I will take 4 hours/week > for > this). > im not sure. i have never worked in open source projects, may be i start with something simpler ... and then switch it ! > Also, this will interest because it will be the first port of project - it > will > find a scary places within all the code (kernel, user space libs and > services/drivers). > sure ;) > > > >regards, > Thank you for interest. > > -- > Alfeiks Kaänoken, > Team Lead of the > Jari OS R&D Team. > http://jarios.org > Free open-source > microkernel-based > multiservice RTOS > _______________________________________________ > Jarios-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.jarios.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/jarios-dev >
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