[OpenBIOS] 32bit development environment

[Stephen Williams]

If youall are going to write this OpenBIOS thing in 32bit mode, I would
like to offer up a C/C++ development environment that would suit this
project nicely. Take a peek at uCR at <http://www.picturel.com/ucrhome.html>.
Source is available, as are the compilers (EGCS) precompiled.

To make it go, someone would need to write a linker model and startup code.
I already have thread switching for i386, but not interrupts. It is
plenty small enough for the limited flash of a typical PC.

I have TCL 7.6 ported to this environment. This port is currently tied
to the ISE board (a Picture Elements product) but I can fix that if there
is demand.

It should be plausible to write call gates into 32bit code from 16 bit
mode, but I don't really know.

If you think all the work should be done in 16bit mode, then I doubt
this will be helpful.

-- 
Steve Williams                "The woods are lovely, dark and deep.
steve at icarus.com              But I have promises to keep,
steve at picturel.com            and lines to code before I sleep,
http://www.picturel.com       And lines to code before I sleep."



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