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[Savannah-hackers] submission of Conduet Operating System - savannah.nongnu.org |
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Wed, 29 Jan 2003 15:50:01 -0500 |
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A package was submitted to savannah.nongnu.org
This mail was sent to address@hidden, address@hidden
Ken Tossell <address@hidden> described the package as follows:
License: gpl
Other License:
Package: Conduet Operating System
System name: conduet
Type: non-GNU
Description:
Conduet is a new operating system designed to showcase new technologies, and
build upon the successes of its predecessors. It will sport a clean and simple
interface for home users, but keep enough power to satisfy more experienced
users. Conduet will be a true multitasking, threaded, multiuser OS, supporting
as many new technologies as possible. Compatibility is planned for GNU/Linux
applications, and that support may come to include Windows.
Our technical specifications will change as we continue to discuss our future
and learn more about the needs of a usable OS. Within the core of the OS, we
plan a modular driver interface, with all hardware driver code being written in
an architecture-independent c++ environment. Our pluggable module structure
will keep kernel and memory sizes down, allowing Conduet to be a viable
alternative to proprietary operating systems on older hardware. The storage
system employed in Conduet will appear to the novice user as one big file
system, actually a virtual file system composed of multiple partitions of
different types. We will initially support Reiser, JFS, and ext3 file systems,
and others will be available as needed.
All hardware communications from the kernel and applications will travel
through the HAL, or Hardware Abstraction Layer. It will translate the abstract
system calls used by applications into low-level assembly instructions. The HAL
will allow driver and interface development to be done without regard to the
host machine type, so 80x86 code, for example, can be reused on ppc or ia64
processors with minimal modification.
Simple distribution is a big goal for us, and we will work hard to limit the
knowledge a user needs to setup the system, something that keeps other open
source systems such as GNU/Linux and BSD lacking in popularity.
As Conduet is not tied down by legacy support requirements, such as ISA, many
of the newest computer innovations will be included. It is hoped that features
such as Advanced Audio processing, 3D Hardware processing with integrated
special effects processing, and even advanced text-to-speech technology will be
included in the OS.
At this writing, we have completed the initial boot code for x86 systems, and
our kernel boots to a console screen. It has been tested on real hardware, and
in Bochs. We have preliminary namespaces designed, and we\'re beginning to
develop the base classes for devices.
You may view our CVS tree at http://dev.linksos.org/lxr/source/ or via cvs from
:pserver:address@hidden:/cvsroot/linksos module \'kernel\'
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