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

[Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo]

some people have had success in running Win 3.1 under ReactOS thanks to
NTDVM, so win3.1 apps can be run too :)

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 11:49 PM, David Quintana (gigaherz) <
gigaherz(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:

>   That's not true. NTVDM is not WoW16. NTVDM is just
> DOS support. In order
>  to support 16bit (windows 3.1) applications, a whole other system is needed.
>
>  On 16 March 2017 at 23:37, Javier Agustìn Fernàndez Arroyo <
>  elhoir(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote:
>
> >   "-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 &lt;thomas.faber(a)reactos.org&gt;
> >  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 &lt;colin(a)reactos.org&gt; 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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> > > >
> > > >  
> > >  --
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