Date: Sat, 08 Nov 1997 06:00:44 -0500 From: Jerry Hicks <wghhicks@ix.netcom.com> To: Jonathan Mini <mini@d198-232.uoregon.edu> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: x86 gods; advice? Suggestions? Message-ID: <3464465C.435B3950@ix.netcom.com> References: <19971108014051.33398@micron.mini.net> <199711080954.UAA00629@word.smith.net.au> <19971108021451.30385@micron.mini.net>
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Jonathan Mini wrote: [snip, snip] > > Unfortunately, we have no tools for writing realmode code. I was > > perhaps somewhat misleading regarding running the bootstrap in real > > mode; please look at the code for an understanding of the issues. > > I have looked at FreeBSD's boot loading code in detail. As to writing > realmode code, I feel your pain. Currently I am suffering from the same > problem myself. The closest I have come is Bruce's bcc package, which is > *ahem* an entertaining set of utilities. The C compiler has been more annoying > that frustrating. Well, in the bad old days, I would probably have reached for Forth. There is some precedent for this approach over at Sun... I could probably whip up a Forth metacompiler for FreeBSD pretty quickly using PFE as the host. Just a thought. Good Luck, Jerry Hicks jerry_hicks@bigfoot.com
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