Reminds me of something, but can't find what... Gee... Is it really that old ?
Paul Paul Rolland, rol(at)as2917.net ex-AS2917 Network administrator and Peering Coordinator -- Please no HTML, I'm not a browser - Pas d'HTML, je ne suis pas un navigateur "Some people dream of success... while others wake up and work hard at it" > -----Message d'origine----- > De : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] De la part de Dave Jones > Envoyé : vendredi 1 avril 2005 10:00 > À : linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Objet : Free Linux-like kernel sources for x86-64 > > Do you pine for the nice days of Linux-1.1, when men were men > and wrote > their own device drivers? Are you without a nice project and > just dying > to cut your teeth on a OS you can try to modify for your > needs? Are you > finding it frustrating when everything works on Linux? No more all- > nighters to get a nifty program working? Then this post might be just > for you :-) > > I'm working on a free version of a Linux-lookalike for x86-64 > computers. > It has finally reached the stage where it's even usable > (though may not be > depending on what you want), and I am willing to put out the > sources for wider > distribution. It is just version 0.02 (+1 (very small) patch > already), but > I've successfully run bash/gcc/gnu-make/gnu-sed/compress etc under it. > > Sources for this pet project of mine can be found at > http://www.kernelslacker.org/davix > The directory also contains some README-file and a couple of > binaries to work under > Davix[*] (bash, update and gcc, what more can you ask for :-). > > Full kernel source is provided. The system is able to > compile "as-is" and > has been known to work. Heh. > Sources to the binaries (bash and gcc) can be found at the > same place in > /pub/software/. > > ALERT! WARNING! NOTE! These sources still need Linux to be compiled > (and gcc-4.0, possibly 3.x, haven't tested), and you need Linux to > set it up if you want to run it, so it is not yet a standalone system > for those of you without Linux. I'm working on it. You also need to be > something of a hacker to set it up (?), so for those hoping for an > alternative to Linux-x86-64, please ignore me. It is > currently meant for > hackers interested in operating systems and x86-64's with > access to Linux. > > The system needs an AT-compatible harddisk (IDE is fine) and > EGA/VGA. If > you are still interested, please ftp the README/RELNOTES, > and/or mail me > for additional info. > > I can (well, almost) hear you asking yourselves "why?". Hurd will be > out in a year (or two, or next month, who knows), and I've already got > Linux. This is a program for hackers by a hacker. I've > enjouyed doing > it, and somebody might enjoy looking at it and even modifying it for > their own needs. It is still small enough to understand, use and > modify, and I'm looking forward to any comments you might have. > > I'm also interested in hearing from anybody who has written any of the > utilities/library functions for Linux. If your efforts are freely > distributable (under copyright or even public domain), I'd > like to hear > from you, so I can add them to the system. I'm using Ulrich > Dreppers glibc > right now (thanks for a nice and working system Uli), and > similar works > will be very wellcome. Your (C)'s will of course be left > intact. Drop me > a line if you are willing to let me use your code. > > Davej > > [*] Yes, the name sucks, but its all some other guys fault. > http://www.uwsg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/9902.2/0288.html > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
