Re: Kernels > 1M

H. Peter Anvin (hpa@transmeta.com)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 10:56:46 -0700

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Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > I think it's a great idea to have a better execution and development
> > environment than what I use for LILO (16 bit assembler is a pain).
>
> So write in C. The Dev86 toolkit - thats the stuff as86/ld86 as shipped are
> prehistoric versions of - has a C compiler. The boot block for loading
> ELKS off a minix fs disk is in 16bit C for example.
>
> The tools all exist.
>
> Alan

Yes, but why?

-hpa

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