From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Jan 7 19:33:49 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id TAA07737 for hackers-outgoing; Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:33:49 -0800 (PST) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with ESMTP id TAA07721 for ; Sun, 7 Jan 1996 19:33:39 -0800 (PST) Received: from msmith@localhost by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.6.12/8.6.9) id OAA00438; Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:02:26 +1030 From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199601080332.OAA00438@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: DOS File system fixes To: rnordier@iafrica.com (Robert Nordier) Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 14:02:26 +1030 (CST) Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199601071152.NAA00250@eac.iafrica.com> from "Robert Nordier" at Jan 7, 96 01:52:41 pm MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk Robert Nordier stands accused of saying: > I've a bit over seven years professional development experience in > MS-DOS internals (device drivers, TSRs, interrupt handlers, etc.) > in 80x86 assembler and C. > > What is the current status of this part of the project, is more help > needed, and what steps should one take to get involved? You're involved already; welcome aboard 8) It looks like you'll be busy with the MSDOS filesystem code for a while; you should talk closely with Terry Lambert (terry@lambert.org) with regards to the higher-level code issues there. One thing I'd like to know - do you have much experience with the BIOS execution environment - what things the BIOS makes assumptions about etc. We want to set up an environment wherein it is possible to make real-mode BIOS (and possibly other) calls in order to work with devices for which we have no protected-mode support. Obviously, any input you can offer would be greatly appreciated. > Robert Nordier -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@atrad.adelaide.edu.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control (ph/fax) +61-8-267-3039 [[ ]] "Who does BSD?" "We do Chucky, we do." [[