FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Operating System Source Request

["Vitaliy Mikitchenko" <vitviper@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Oh, yeah. I downloaded the NewOs kernel source as well to look it over. Have 
you guys added anything to it? I don't know much about kernel-level coding, but 
I'm sure I'd be some help elsewhere. I've run NewOS on my computer, and it runs 
fine (with both my processors!).


> "p willis" <p.willis@xxxxxxxxx> <openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> [openbeos] Operating 
> System Source RequestDate: Tue, 4 Sep 2001 20:25:31 -0700
>Reply-To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I just subscribed to the email list. (Oh, NO! Not *him*...!)
>
>I downloaded the source for NewOS and was looking it over.
>I was wondering whether there was anything different in the 
>the floppy image vs. the most current source code....?
>
>I notice a thread_test() routine called in main2() and wondered if this
>is active in the floppy image. I didn't see any messages but perhaps
>my hardware is antiquated.
>
>I guess I'm wondering 'where are you at and how can I help' ?
>
>Are you implementing anything like XFS for a journaling file system?
>I have the docs for that and a spare HD.
>I am also big on memory management and hardware drivers
>(paging directories, page tables, page table entries...etc.)
>Does the memory management need to be changed for BeOS?
>Demand paged virtual....maybe? I have LRU code around here 
>somewhere.
>
>Let me know what you want done.
>
>Peter

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