I can tell you some possible next steps:
- x64: implement PAE support in the 32 bit kernel
- SMP: Implement resource translators and arbiters (I have some initial work
for this somewhere)
- Also SMP: build a CONFIG_SMP kernel (with some hack to use the regular HAL)
and debug any issues coming from broken spinlock usage
On March 16, 2017 5:50:39 AM EDT, Colin Finck <co...@reactos.org> wrote:
>Am 16.03.2017 um 00:03 schrieb Huw Campbell:
>> SMP or 64 bit processor support would be great. Too hard?
>
>I think that's too much for a single GSoC student. But we also keep
>saying this for a long time... The result is that everybody is afraid
>of
>those "big topics".
>
>What we need is some kernel dev looking into these topics and giving a
>rough overview what needs to be done and in what places. Then we can
>have a roadmap and split the work up into smaller tasks that are even
>doable by GSoC students.
>
>If nobody makes this first step, we will never have SMP or x64 CPU
>support. People also kept saying that full printer support is too much
>for a 6-month bachelor thesis, and they were right, but nevertheless I
>was able to build the foundations and documentation in that time.
>And now I could guide everyone interested how to continue on achieving
>full printing support.
>
>
>- Colin
>
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