Re: Kernels > 1M

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 10 Aug 1999 13:33:55 +0100 (BST)


> 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

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