From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,216b18d81cce4f75 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-11 16:22:44 PST Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.mathworks.com!news.mathworks.com!uunet!ash.uu.net!world!bobduff From: Robert A Duff Subject: Re: Ada Microkernel? Sender: bobduff@world.std.com (Robert A Duff) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 23:22:04 GMT References: <3B183CB8.3EE396E7@engineer.com> <_M3S6.8957$HL5.1284411@news6-win.server.ntlworld.com> <8DKS6.27593$%_1.4657414@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com> <0daV6.9332$6d5.1953313@news2-win.server.ntlworld.com> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8588 Date: 2001-06-11T23:22:04+00:00 List-Id: "chris.danx" writes: > 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 don't know. >...I need to know this so > i can test the compiler out by creating a bootloader for running the modified > GNAT generated programs. If your goal is to write an OS, why start at the lowest level? Why not write an OS that runs *under* some existing OS (Linux or NT, for example), and worry about boot loading and such low-level junk later? Shouldn't you be worrying more about making the OS portable at this point, rather than worrying about Intel-PC-specific issues? > Second, (again) did i get the correct distribution (it is detailed in the reply > text above)? This is VERY IMPORTANT. I don't know, but last time I downloaded GNAT sources (a long time ago), there was only one source distribution (but many binaries specific to various targets). The source included everything you need to build for any supported target (assuming you already have a GNAT binary for that target, for the same or one-previous version). > Third, how much interest is there in this? Umm. Well. I hate to be a naysayer, but I'll bet not much. Sorry. - Bob