[SqNOS] Porting and debugging SqueakNOS vs. other OSs

[David Zmick]

I have not personally worked on anything part of the kernel of SqueakNOS,
but, I know that you can download the code.  I downloaded the most recent
version as an iso and mounted it and got full access to the kernel code, and
I am working on understanding it.

On Mon, Apr 6, 2009 at 4:28 PM, Derek Peschel <dpeschel at sdf.lonestar.org>wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>
> Karl Romberg from squeak-dev mentioned SqueakNOS in response to my
> questions
> about Squeak on the bare metal and about self-virtualization.
>
> Has anyone here worked on SqueakNOS and the kernel of a more conventional
> OS?
> I'm curious whether SqueakNOS's structure makes it easier or harder to port
> than other OSs.  From your description of USB problems I guess the lack of
> documentation and tools are problems for you, as they seem to be for other
> OSs.
>
> What about debugging SqueakNOS with VMware or something similar?  Has any-
> one tried, and is SqueakNOS's architecture easier or harder to debug than
> other OSs?  The VM interprets bytecodes, which creates one of the classic
> barriers to easy debugging, but perhaps the VM is also simpler than other
> OS kernels.
>
> Thanks,
>
> -- Derek
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