[K42-discussion] x86/gcc4 port status

[Patrick G. Bridges]

Oh, and for the record, this is all being done in the GIT k42 tree  
with the new build system, not in the CVS tree.

-Patrick


On Sep 17, 2007, at 10:08 AM, Patrick G. Bridges wrote:

> For those who are interested:
>
> I'm still working my way through the linux-030/kitchsrc source trees
> getting everything to compile on debian etch gcc4.1/x86_64. What's
> currently done is generation of all of the k42 stubs by stubgen, and
> compilation a number of the base k42 libraries compile (libbase.a,
> libemu.a, libsrv.a, libk.a, libemu.a, libfs.a, libnative.a). In
> addition, I reworked portions of the arch/k42 directory in linux-030
> so that existing x86_64 and machine-independent k42 linux objects now
> compile into the object files that k42 will need there. Back on the
> kitchsrc side, I'm working through liblk.a right now (which is a
> royal pain with include files).
>
> After that, the main issue will be be linking the kernel and servers,
> and putting in basic x86/64 basic boot functionality. This will,
> needless to say, require stubbing out a number of different functions
> and then writing them as I work my way through the k42 boot process.
> I'm hoping to have compilation of existing source done by the middle
> of next week, and stubbing out of newly-needed source and linking
> done by mid-october.
>
> -Patrick
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