[Oslib-devel] oslib docs

[Juras B. <yb...@tu...>]

Hello All,

 It's my first and test message to oslib-devel. I enumerate the main
 ideas which must be described in the new documentation. (It's mainly from
 our conversation with Luca).

 * GDT, IDT state after l1_init, ll_init and
 security limitation for GDT_place, i.e. how to manage GDT/IDT in order not to
 hurt kernel library and hardware library assumptions (address space
 management, tss etc.), default handlers, making CS,DS,ES... to be
 zero-based and 4GB limited...
 * IRQ mapping (IDT entry "number X" handles IRQ "number Y")
 * LDT management
 * initialization (which one or both l1_init or ll_init?)
 * l1_ and ll_ collisions (what I can't use in hw lib while using
 kernel library)
 * memory allocation, what are the limits, internals, lacks of free()
 and alloc() provided by OSLib?
 * v86 usage limitations and assumptions, a note about BIOS... etc.

 Optional (not important by now):

 * multi-boot modules command, handling modules


-- 
Best regards,
 Juras                          mailto:yb...@tu...