Update on Classios and embedded work
It’s been a while but it has been moving on slowly. I have got to the stage of running some win32 code finally. I have a small shell (which doesn’t do much yet), but the shell is 100% win32 code (written in Delphi). Basically, I have enough of the win32 api to read/write to the console, read from files, list directory contents and change the current directory. Next on the list will be to fire up another application. I’ve got tcp/ip built into the kernel on this incarnation rather than loading via dll/device driver, so heading down the monolithic kernel path for now which suits embedded type apps.
Also, of interest, I got myself a small test system (wafer-lx) for embedded work -see pic. It has an AMD LX-800 CPU, 1 gig of ram, and a 4 gig hi speed Flash drive. This little beauty packs quite a punch – more details are below. I’ve got Classios to boot up on it with full TCP/IP networking. I can even boot it via DHCP/TFTP using the PXE protocols. P!