On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM, Iruata Souza<[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > The last week hasn't been much productive because of my university > exams. > > Done: > - FAT support removed from the PBS > - PBS now reads a block from the disk. The block has (not only) the a.out > header > for the kernel that will be read. > - A new kernel configuration called pctiny builds a kernel that is > little enough to fit on a floppy without gzipping. It is being used in > my testing disk. > - mkdisk is a script that builds a disk file from the pbslba and 9pctiny. > Used mainly for testing > > Next Steps: > - I'm having some problems with the data read from disk, I can find it on > memory > by hand but not programmatically. I'm surely missing something simple, > just don't know what. Need to fix it. > - Run the read kernel > - Write a userland program to replace some 9load functions (prompt for > kernel to be booted, read plan9.ini, etc) > - Get the kernel to use the above mentioned program > > Best, > iru > > ps: thanks Devon for the help >
Hello, The last week was not as productive as I wanted since until today I was busy with university exams. Fortunately for gsoc, the semester has ended today. Done: - The FAT removal was not complete at all, clean the PBS better. - Read the whole kernel from disk onto memory. - Started prototype programs to read plan9.ini and/or ask the user for boot directions, set the enviroment, etc. Next Steps: - Run the read kernel - Make the prototypes have the necessary features to boot (at least) a terminal - Stuff the new boot program into /boot/boot Sorry for the delay in sending this. Best, iru --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Plan 9 Google Summer of Code" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/plan9-gsoc?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
