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From: | pneyz <pneyz AT bethany DOT edu> |
Newsgroups: | comp.os.msdos.djgpp |
Subject: | Re: COFF-Files for Kernel-Code? |
Date: | Sun, 22 Feb 1998 13:31:38 -0800 |
Organization: | Smoof Team |
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> One day I had this idea. Why not use the comfort of developing DJGPP > programs for writing an OS? I think of a Bootstrap-Routine that loads > and executes a COFF-File which will do the rest then. The only real > problem I see is my lack of knowledge about COFF-Files (about > output-formats in general). Wouldn't it be possible to switch the CPU to > pmode within the Bootstrap-Code and jump to the entry-point of the > COFF-Image (wherever it is)? Are there any things I have to keep in > mind? Any difficulties I haven't seen yet? I hope not! > > Sascha Imme I believe there's something like this already called GLUB. There's a link to it from somewhere on the DJGPP site. -- /* pneyz / Smoof Team pneyz AT bethany DOT edu "Fine Malt Coding" http://ns.bethany.edu/pneyz/ */
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