Re: Ada Microkernel?

["chris.danx" <chris.danx@ntlworld.com>]

> I downloaded the GNAT sources the other day and have just got around to
looking
> at them.  One thing i'm unsure about the sources i downloaded is that i
> downloaded from the nyu repository and there was no specific source
distribution
> or patches for 9x/nt, so i just downloaded gnat-3.13p-src.tgz, did i get the
> right distribution?
>
> Looking at what i've got sitting on my HD, it doesn't look too difficult to
> modify the sources to support blue screen of death exception reports as for OO
> i'm just about to look at this and will get back to you.

This is just a quicky update on what's been happening on GNAT running bare on a
386+ systems.  Today was my one and only exam and i don't return to uni for ages
yet (4 months or so) and i now have time to make the necessary modifications to
GNAT (for windows, i'm not sure how this will go for other platforms, but since
it's a patch to GNAT sources i don't envisage a problem).  There are a few
questions that would help me do this.

The first is am i correct in assuming that GNAT for NT/9x generates output in
the PE Windows format?  If not which format does it use?  I need to know this so
i can test the compiler out by creating a bootloader for running the modified
GNAT generated programs.  I may convert these to simple com style format so
bootloader is simple but this would be purely for testing and i will be working
on (and looking for) ideas for what to do about this in the long term.

Second, (again) did i get the correct distribution (it is detailed in the reply
text above)?  This is VERY IMPORTANT.

Third, how much interest is there in this?  I'm aware of one or two folk who
seem to be attracted to the idea, and i'm looking to see what level of feedback
i'll be getting from ppl, so the compiler can be fixed and suitable modified to
get it into a working state.  Feedback is essential for this.



Regards,
Chris Campbell