Re: [ros-dev] New ideas added to GSoC Ideas list

[Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo]

"-Implementing WoW16 support. I suppose that'll draw attention." -->
NTVDM,
already done :)

"Working on DirectX support: bringing new features, fixing bugs,
optimising, if possible fixing some driver issues..." ---> ReactX, would be
great!

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Thomas Faber <thomas.faber(a)reactos.org>
wrote:

>   I can tell you some possible next steps:
>  - x64: implement PAE support in the 32 bit kernel
>  - SMP: Implement resource translators and arbiters (I have some initial
>  work for this somewhere)
>  - Also SMP: build a CONFIG_SMP kernel (with some hack to use the regular
>  HAL) and debug any issues coming from broken spinlock usage
>
>  On March 16, 2017 5:50:39 AM EDT, Colin Finck <colin(a)reactos.org> wrote:
> >  
> >  Am 16.03.2017 um 00:03 schrieb Huw Campbell:
> >
> > >    SMP or 64 bit processor support would be great.
> > > Too hard?
> > >  
> >  I think that's too much for a single GSoC student. But we also keep
> >  saying this for a long time... The result is that everybody is afraid of
> >  those "big topics".
> >
> >  What we need is some kernel dev looking into these topics and giving a
> >  rough overview what needs to be done and in what places. Then we can
> >  have a roadmap and split the work up into smaller tasks that are even
> >  doable by GSoC students.
> >
> >  If nobody makes this first step, we will never have SMP or x64 CPU
> >  support. People also kept saying that full printer support is too much
> >  for a 6-month bachelor thesis, and they were right, but nevertheless I
> >  was able to build the foundations and documentation in that
> >  time.
> >  And now I could guide everyone interested how to continue on achieving
> >  full printing support.
> >
> >
> >  - Colin
> >
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