ToDo List
In no specific order, this is a list of things I would like to one day see in the FAQ, if you something to contribute, please please do so.
  • Compilers
    • Info on using different compilers to write OS's.
    • How to get compilers going without using built in libraries etc.
    • What compilers support what output fileformats, ease of use in making OS images.
    • GCC, Visual C, Watcom C, CodeWarrior, TMT Pascal, etc.
  • Linkers
  • Assemblers
  • Makefiles / Projects
    • Always handy in knowing how to use em
  • Make the Exec file format info more verbose and updated
  • Make the Filesystem info more verbose and fill in the gaps.
  • Interfacing perhiperals with the os (keyboard, floppy, pci, etc)
  • Writting a bootloader / bootstrap / bootmenu
  • Portability pros n cons
    • Only 2 modes (user/supervise) vs 4 modes on x86
    • Cross Platform
  • Networking
  • Video Basics
  • Third Party libraries (utah os kit, etc)
  • Kernel types
    • Micro kernel
    • Monolithic / Macro kernel
    • Exo kernel (?)
    • Hardened kernel (?)
  • Task switching
    • Using tss vs software
  • OS calls
    • Call gates and software ints
  • Multi Userness
  • Multi Tasking
  • Threading
    • Single threading
    • Multi threading
    • Pervasive threading (?)