From: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 05:10:34 -0500 (EST) Reply-To: mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca To: Mark Habersack cc: opendos-developer AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Subject: Re: [opendos-developer] Re: [opendos] OpenDOS + Win95 w/FAT32? In-Reply-To: <199702060027.BAA28511@math.amu.edu.pl> Message-ID: Organization: Total disorganization. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net Precedence: bulk On Thu, 6 Feb 1997, Mark Habersack wrote: > > > *exactly* on what do Caldera programmers work, what is scheduled for the > > > nearest future, what is available for volunteers etc. > > > > Yes, there will definately have to be some kind of co-ordination > > with Caldera for "Official" releases, however I'm sure there will > > still be countless hacks and patches around. I'd personally like > Yes, but what we're aiming for is a consistent OS, not a pile of patches > fixing/improving one and the same thing. Sooner or later we'd get lost in > that pile of litter! Yeah, but I'm sure that there will be *some* litter regardless of what we'd like. > > to se a mouse driver that is written in 100% ASM and has a small > > footprint! Also the ability to recompile that driver and take > > out shit that most programs don't need by means of an option to > > make or something. > I had such a driver in mind for some time now, but couldn't find any info on > hardware interface of the mouse device. Even Linux sources couldn't help much > - they were to vague. Until recently I found the document on Well if you ever implement such a mouse driver, be sure to remember me! > > > I'd add only two features to ext2fs - (1) a built-in encryption of data > > > (not necessarily on the C2 level, but it'd be very useful sometimes), (2) > > > compression-on-demand (sorta that on NTFS) > > > > I'm not entirely sure, but I think Linux may have those features > > now (I read something about them in the HOWTO's). I'm not sure > > if I read that they EXIST, or that they are easily added. > Hmm... can you remember which HOWTO was that? No, but it shouldn't be too hard to find. Just grep the dir. > > I think that OpenDOS is going to inherit a LOT of cool things > > from the wonderful world of Linux. Some of which are: ext2, and > > other FS support, different cool shell features, etc... > > Also, I think LINUX will benefit by bonusing on some DOS code > > too! This will help to make DOSemu more stable, in fact I think > > it will triple DOSemu developement. > I think OpenDOS will adapt DOSEmu. AFAIR, that was the Caldera plan to ship > Linux+OpenDOS bundle, wasn't it? I believe so. I wonder how much the Linux + OpenDOS + DOSemu package will cost. > > > > A SINGLE API could be written to accomodate all of these problems for > > > > once and for all. (kinda a IFS layer). This layer would report to > > > Exactly. An structure-independent layer. But I think it should be done on > > > the IOCTL level. > > > > Yes, it will have to be at the low level. > I was just thinking about that - will the current IOCTL calls do? Of course, > there should be some IOCTLs added which would provide the FS-specific > information to the higher, API, layer. Naturally. Mike A. Harris | http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris Computer Consultant | My webpage has moved and my address has changed. My dynamic address: http://blackwidow.saultc.on.ca/~mharris/ip-address.html mailto:mharris AT blackwidow DOT saultc DOT on DOT ca 4DOS is a very powerful COMMAND.COM replacement with over 80 commands!