[haiku-commits] Re: BRANCH xyzzy-github.x86_64 - src/system/kernel build/jam

  • From: Alex Smith <alex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: haiku-commits@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:06:17 +0100

On 19 July 2012 21:35, Philippe Houdoin <philippe.houdoin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >   Added the necessary build flags for modules, and added a module (dpc)
> >   to the floppy image for x86_64 builds for testing purposes. The module
> >   gets loaded correctly and its code runs without issue. Only non-trivial
> >   addition is the different method for generating kernel.so, this is
> >   explained in the kernel Jamfile.
>
> Years ago, I would never have bet that dpc eventually will be the
> first module to run in 64bits, but, hey, great!
> Wonder what will be the first userland application...
>
> Nice progress, Alex.
>

Thanks :) I looked at the list of modules that usually get included in the
floppy boot image and picked dpc because it looked like a relatively simple
one to test with. Going to port some more like PCI today.

And yeah, bash seems like a good candidate to be the first ported
application :)

Thanks,
Alex

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