Re: [ros-dev] FreeWin95

[Alex Ionescu]

Gunnar Dalsnes wrote:

>   Alex Ionescu wrote:
>
> >   Emanuele Aliberti wrote:
> >
> > >  
> > >  The two opposite directions the CSR can turn for are:
> > >  - be a process totally bound to the Windows personality 
> >
> >
> >  Which it's -supposed- to be. CSR is W32SS.
> >
> > >   - be a general purpose process, a facility for
> > > any kind of personality 
> >
> >
> >  Other personalities don't need CSR! They have PSX and OS2 and VMS and 
> >  etc...
> >  
>  Makes sense.
>
>  But maybe each subsystem have much in common and EA wants to separate 
>  this out so it can be reused?  
It's called SMSS. It provides a set of APIs and callbacks for each 
subsystems to use.

>   Like a common subsystem library? 
SMLIB is ours, MS used to have it static but now exposes it through 
Rtl*sm* in ntdll.dll starting in Vista.

>   I see no problem with this either as long as its not
> bound to a 
>  particular subsystem.  
SMSS/SMLIB aren't. All subsystems can (*must*) use them, and also 
provide callbacks to that SMSS can call them with common stuff.

>   So if i understand this correctly both your (EA &
> Alex) designs can 
>  coexist, as long as its not bound to csrss. 

>  
>  G. 
Best regards,
Alex Ionescu