"-Implementing WoW16 support. I suppose that'll draw attention." --> NTVDM,
already done :)

"Working on DirectX support: bringing new features, fixing bugs,
optimising, if possible fixing some driver issues..." ---> ReactX, would be
great!

On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Thomas Faber <thomas.fa...@reactos.org>
wrote:

> 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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