From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Sebastian Rosenkiewicz" Subject: Re: New user wanting to help Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:18:41 +0100 Message-ID: <000601c82935$862004f0$0707ce59@abuse> References: <607229.29853.qm@web50512.mail.re2.yahoo.com> <093701c8290b$01678640$6402a8c0@linux104> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-8086-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; format="flowed"; charset="us-ascii"; reply-type="response" To: linux-8086@vger.kernel.org Hello there. Just wanted to add a few words. Please note that this project is useful also as an OS running on top of 8086 emulator for mobile phones. It would be nice to have a Linux-like machine inside your Nokia, which will probably never be capable of running full i386 emulation. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hans" To: Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:14 PM Subject: Re: New user wanting to help > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Weiss" > To: > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 3:46 AM > Subject: New user wanting to help > > >> Hi everybody, >> >> Wondering how many other brain-damaged people are >> intersted in this project :) > > I guess still lots of us :-) > > .. snip.. >> >> So... what can I lend a hand to? >> The website could use >> a little work, > > Definitely, what we need is a wiki site so that everybody can contribute. > > I am a bit disappointed that Rask Lambertsen's GCC port and the Dioscuri > emulator (which runs ELKS!) are not mentioned on the website, come on > guys, it can't be that much work to add some hyperlinks... > >> every site aside from the sourceforge >> project page and cix.co.uk listed on the main site is >> inaccessible. >> Also, I've come across some mail >> archives other than what's lited on vger, which does >> not exist. Or... maybe there's a 16-bit gcc patch >> someone's been cooking and needs some authentic iron >> to try it out on? > > Yes please, Rask Lambertsen has done a great job in patching GCC for the > 8086. Compiling ELKS under GCC is not going to be easy but IMHO will be > very beneficial for the wider embedded user community and hence will/might > increase the popularity of ELKS. > > However, having said that, any contribution is welcome. Just work on what > you are interested in and publish the result on a webpage. > > Hans > www.ht-lab.com > > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-8086" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >