Re: [beagleboard] Assembly operating system on beaglebone black

2013-10-15 Thread William Hermans
Err yeah I mentioned the dragon book which is a book on compilers . . . so not related. Sorry about that. On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Frank Hunleth < fhunl...@troodon-software.com> wrote: > I'd echo the sentiment of other comments, but if your goal is to learn > about operating systems, i

Re: [beagleboard] Assembly operating system on beaglebone black

2013-10-15 Thread Frank Hunleth
I'd echo the sentiment of other comments, but if your goal is to learn about operating systems, it might be interesting for you to try to port xv6 unix [1] to the Beaglebone. The xv6 code is short and quite understandable. I haven't looked at the status of the ARM port of xv6, so it could still be

Re: [beagleboard] Assembly operating system on beaglebone black

2013-10-15 Thread William Hermans
I would say no, *you* can not write an OS in assembly. It can be done, but you're not ready. There is also no reason to technically write you own OS if all you want to do is do *some* things. uboot can be made to load / run an executable. Spend some time reading online, then perhaps someday you'l

Re: [beagleboard] Assembly operating system on beaglebone black

2013-10-15 Thread Bob Hartwig
I've never written an OS in assembly, but I once mopped my floor with a toothbrush... On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 8:40 AM, liyaoshi wrote: > I will be always here waiting for you . > > > > 2013/10/15 tilky > >> I was wondering if there was any way of writing my own operating system >> in asse

Re: [beagleboard] Assembly operating system on beaglebone black

2013-10-15 Thread liyaoshi
I will be always here waiting for you . 2013/10/15 tilky > I was wondering if there was any way of writing my own operating system in > assembly on a beaglebone black. I know that this is possible on a > raspberry pi, but I like the many IO pins that beaglebone has to offer. So > is the

[beagleboard] Assembly operating system on beaglebone black

2013-10-15 Thread tilky
I was wondering if there was any way of writing my own operating system in assembly on a beaglebone black. I know that this is possible on a raspberry pi, but I like the many IO pins that beaglebone has to offer. So is there any way to do this or do I have to just stick to python, etc. -- Fo