Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 17:44:02 +0100 (BST) From: Doug Rabson <dfr@nlsystems.com> To: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net> Cc: <ia64@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Ski port Message-ID: <20010909174317.V406-100000@salmon.nlsystems.com> In-Reply-To: <20010909000427.A33296@dhcp01.pn.xcllnt.net>
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On Sun, 9 Sep 2001, Marcel Moolenaar wrote: > Guys, > > I started working on the ski port today. I have it compiling, but > not linking. I have to implement the FreeBDS syscalls first. A > thought struck me: what if I, instead of implementing most syscalls > so that ski can be used for user processes, I implement an EFI > interface first? > > We're currently not really interested in userland code, so we're > going to run ski in "raw" mode anyway. I should be able to hack > something together that allows us to work on a real EFI bootloader. > With a combination of fake and real ACPI entries we should be able > to boot a kernel as if it was running on real hardware, right? > > Thoughts? That would probably be pretty useful. It sounds like a *lot* of work though. EFI is pretty extensive. -- Doug Rabson Mail: dfr@nlsystems.com Phone: +44 20 8348 6160 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-ia64" in the body of the message
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