Subject: [FreeVMS] Re: Hello
From: BERTRAND Joël (joel.k.bertrand@free.fr)
Date: Mon Jul 28 2003 - 17:33:06 CEST
BOURGUIGNON D DvSI/SNPI MTY wrote:
>>-----Message d'origine-----
>>De : freevms-owner@ml.free.fr [mailto:freevms-owner@ml.free.fr]De la
>>part de BERTRAND Joel
>>Envoye : lundi 28 juillet 2003 14:24
>>A : freevms@ml.free.fr
>>Objet : [FreeVMS] Re: Hello
>>
>>
>> You are welcome.
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> Thanks
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>> The main goal is to build a OS that can run on i386
>>arch. I'm working
>>on the design of a CPU board (with U2W-SCSI interface, floppy
>>disk, LAN
>>and PCI bus) that uses a Leon processor (SparcV8 / 50 Mhz in a first
>>case [FPGA]) and 256 Mb of SDRAM. This CPU board is nearly
>>completed and
>>I will start a port of the kernel on this architecture.
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> This is not an x86 compatible chip. Yes ?
Yes, it is a Sparc V8. Today, the only supported architecture is i386
(and derivated).
>> We have a SRM-like boot console too that only works on
>>i386 and we have
>>started to clone DCL.
>>
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> So, what is the following component to start ?
You can install bochs on a station and you can try to build a working
kernel. After, you can propose to Roar your help to work on the kernel,
or you can help me to continue the SRM like console (I don't have time
enough :-( ), or you can work on runtime libraries... We need to write a
lot of code.
Regards,
JKB
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