At 04:10 �� 10/10/2001 +0200, you wrote: ><Trolling> > >Writing an OS for a processor family is nothing, compared to the needed >writing for peripheral supports. >So, as well as generic x86 support, what about GENERIC x86 compatible supports >of hardware in the OS. Natively of course, NO PC BIOS. (there is no Bios >on some >embeded card, so you cannot rely on that). > >And able to support all the fancy graphics cards (dual headed and DVI >included), >as well as all the fancy sound card/extension/native... with full capabilities >and optimal operations... > >Disk access is another story too. > >All I give you is hardware IRQ (possibly multiplexed and shared), and the >full addressing range of the CPU. >Oh, last point, the system CANNOT assign the IRQ, it is always a choice of >value you have to support...
That's where the experience of other x86 OS programmers comes in play (Linux for example).... We cannot have that with M68K platforms anymore :-( unfortunately
