Hi! >> - SVN snapshot of FreeDOS 2038 stable kernel or similar >> - NASM >> - OpenWatcom C > > Are there any c compilers available for linux that will > compile to intel realmode code? > >> - UPX (for example 2.x)
All of them, including OpenWatcom, should be available for Linux, but the OpenWatcom website says that their Linux/BSD port is work in progress so I do not know how good the current version is. There are also toolkits to make GNU C output DOS code but you cannot use those to compile the FreeDOS kernel. Note that DJGPP (GNU C for DOS) creates binaries which need the CWSDPMI extender or another DPMI and need a 386 or better CPU. No real problem. I think there are GNU C based projects for DOS and Linux which can create 8086 code (who needs THAT?). Anyway... OpenWatcom C for DOS is a very nice compiler which can generate 8086, 386, DOS and Win32 binaries. If you ask me, a very easy and convenient way to compile FreeDOS in Linux would be to use the normal DOS toolchain in a DOSEMU box which can use any Linux directory as the simulated C: drive :-). Dosemu is also fast, at least if run under a 32 bit Linux kernel, as it uses the real CPU in a vm86 task instead of simulating a CPU as a full VM. Eric ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
