Re: [ros-kernel] compiling

[Eric K. <ek...@rz...>]

"Steven Edwards" <ste...@ya...> 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

There are some reasons for the low I/O performance:
- no fast io support in ntoskrnl and fsd's
- adapi.sys supports PIO mode but no busmaster dma yet
- perhaps no or bad lazy write support in the cache manager (I don't know
about this one)

Eric