Mail Archives: djgpp/2001/03/19/17:47:09
On Sat, 17 Mar 2001 09:38:34 +0200, "Eli Zaretskii"
<eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote:
>> 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.
Yes, it's significantly different, unfortunately. I think it provides
its own memory management solution also.
Damon Casale, damon AT WRONG DOT redshift DOT com (remove the obvious)
So I like DJGPP better than VC6, which is what EFI currently uses. So
sue me.
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