Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 16:40:42 -0700 From: "Carlos C. Tapang" <ctapang@easystreet.com> To: <current@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: What would it take to build the FreeBSD kernel into Portable Executable (PE) format? Message-ID: <000701bdec02$92e7dac0$0d787880@apex>
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I have been watching with interest your progress in converting from aout to ELF. I am not ELFish and am seriously considering the idea of starting all over and converting, at least the FreeBSD core kernel, into Microsoft's PE format. I understand that one of the things that need to be done is to change the bootloader to recognize the PE format. Are there other things I need to change? (The application loader will need to be modified also, of course). You are probably wondering, what for? Well, this is just the start of a much bigger project I am contemplating. I am thinking of starting a project along the lines of WINE, a Windows emulator for Linux. But instead of just an emulator, I want to build a Windows clone. The clone will use the FreeBSD core kernel (use process/task/thread management, virtual memory modules only). I'm sure most of you will have a strong opinion one way or another about this. Let's hear them! --Carlos To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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