FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Emulation

["Axel Dörfler" <axeld@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Scott Donaldson" <a_nqe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Is it possible to emulate the enviroment from VMWare or something 
> to speed up development. Or am I just being daft and you already 
> do that?

Currently, we're mainly working with Bochs - this is very slow, but it 
works, and it's the only emulator available on BeOS, too.

> Is there any project specific kernel documents? The site links to the 
> FreeBSD kernel guide. I want to jump into opensource, not in the deep 
> end 
> but not too shallow either so I figure reading up on the kernel is a 
> good 
> place to start.

Documents about the kernel are a rarity when it comes to us. A shame, 
but there is a dim light at the end of the tunnel, eventually the end 
we're all coming from :)
IOW have a look at the Be newsletter, they have many documents that 
also cover their kernel which is similar in many details. Also the 
kernel section of  the BeBook might be helpful.
Of course, you can also have a look at our own newsletters, we've 
already got some that touch the kernel as well.

I am afraid the links on our "dev" page are out of date (what a shame, 
too), but here are some hints (in the order of the above listing):

http://www.beatjapan.org/mirror/www.be.com/aboutbe/benewsletter/
http://bebook.beunited.org/
http://open-beos.sourceforge.net/nsl.php?mode=archive

Bye,
   Axel.