Re: New user wanting to help

Sebastian Rosenkiewicz
2007-11-17T16:18:41Z

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" <hans64@ht-lab.com>
To: <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 12:14 PM
Subject: Re: New user wanting to help

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ben Weiss" <cis_daytona@yahoo.com>
> To: <linux-8086@vger.kernel.org>
> 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
>
>
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