Re: [ros-kernel] compiling

[KJK::Hyperion <no...@li...>]

At 03.25 04/07/2002, you wrote:
> > > 1) What is the recommended compiler for recompiling
> > > the OS? ( Can I recompile
> > > from within the OS, yet? )
> > You can use mingw/gcc in ReactOS however it is VERY
> > slow due to IO issues in the filesystem drivers.
> > Hartmut has been working on this
>Thanks for the quick reply!
>Just out of curiosity, is the performance issue due to a lack of a 
>"smartdrv.exe"

nope. DOS "dies" an instant before ReactOS starts. It's ReactOS that 
doesn't do buffered I/O, and the compiler/linker that write files in really 
small chunks (a handful bytes at a time)