Date:	Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:38:34 +0200
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Subject:	Re: Porting DJGPP to EFI?
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> From: damon AT WRONG DOT redshift DOT com (Damon Casale)
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 23:35:00 GMT
> >> 
> >> I'm hoping that people here have at least heard of EFI.  Is there any
> >> interest in porting DJGPP to EFI?  I don't think I'd be up to it,
> >> myself.
> >
> >How much is it different from DOS?
> 
> It's somewhat more primitive at the moment (Intel may expect the OEMs
> to flesh it out, since they're the ones who will be using it, by and
> large) although it's 32-bit and open-source.

I was asking whether the OS interface is significantly different.  If
it is, the whole low-level part of the library and large parts of the
startup code will need to be rewritten.  Also, if it doesn't support
DPMI, many internal details of DJGPP operation will have to be
redesigned and rewritten.

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