Hi,
I have to admit the difference between what I'd like to see and what I
think it is likely to happen.
I had found Japheth's work promising towards a good VMM, but apparently
doesn't seem to be under active development, I find the task would be so
huge (need to rewrite 32-bit versions of BIOS/DOS APIs capable of multitask
different machines), and there's no abundance of gifted programmers.
So I'm afraid I give +1 to this mail.
I suggest concentrating efforts on FreeDOS 1.2.
As for FreeDOS 2.0, we can always talk later (as I see it, either there's
no consensus on what "32-kernel" is, or if it has to be 16-bit, I think
recovering the talk is needed, I would like to see what is proposed to be
labelled 2.0 instead of 1.3).
Cheers,
Aitor
2015-01-06 3:16 GMT+01:00 Ralf Quint <[email protected]>:
> On 1/5/2015 6:14 PM, Michael Brutman wrote:
> > Bringing things back to reality:
> >
> > Options 1, 2, and 3 do not exist and are not likely to exist for a few
> > years even after somebody actively starts working on them.
> >
> > Options 1 and 2 can not promise "100% compatibility with both DOS
> > applications and the full range of PC hardware" when they are not even
> > well defined. Is it a single 32 bit kernel or is it multiple kernels
> > running in VDMs? I've seen so many things thrown around here so
> > loosely ...
> >
> > It is a little silly to keep talking about a 32 bit kernel on the
> > roadmap when such an option does not exist. To be considered for the
> > roadmap it should exist in some form. Right now it is not even well
> > defined what a 32 bit kernel would be. Not even a specification that
> > we can debate.
> >
> > Let's see some concrete results on a 32 bit kernel before talking
> > about putting it on any roadmap.
> >
> > BTW, the Kickstarter project doesn't even clearly define what a 32 bit
> > DOS is. But at least its being honest and not promising 100%
> > compatibility on anything. It is claiming to be hard real-time,
> > modular, based on a micro-kernel, multi-threaded, and portable enough
> > to be able to target ARM and some other architectures. That's a
> > pretty bold set of buzzwords, but not a specification by any stretch
> > of the imagination.
> >
> Now on this post, I can give a +1 ;-)
>
> Ralf
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