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 +====== LionelSambuc ======
 +
 +This page contains my wishlist / tasks I am working on as well as some random notes.
 +
 +
 +===== Tasks =====
 +
 +===== Current status =====
 +
 +Here is an overview of the current status of the task I am currently working on.
 +
 +-----
 +
 +==== IPC Messages ====
 +  * Some cleanup in the struct messages we are using, especially the ones which are exchanged between userland and the servers. It is done with a few exception which are not userland facing, and the exception of USB-related services.
 +
 +-----
 +
 +===== TODO List =====
 +
 +The following is as much a todo list as random notes.
 +
 +==== In Progress ====
 +
 +   * Wiki
 +      * Document
 +      * Cross-building & Building
 +      * NetBooting
 +      * Using SharedLibs
 +
 +==== Next up ====
 +
 +  * Kyua Import does not run on ARM yet. 
 +
 +  * PKGSRC
 +    * Currently fails to build
 +      * icu on clang based builds
 +      * gdk-pixbuf2
 +      * gtk2
 +      * gmp on clang based builds, up to gcc45
 +      * p5-Module-Build
 +
 +==== Maybe later? ====
 +
 +
 +  * Toolchains
 +    * Check LDFLAGS
 +    * Check _PROGLDOPTS
 +    * ARM
 +      * GOLD patch for ARM?
 +
 +  * LWIP
 +    * dhcp
 +    * bind
 +    * Remove INET
 +    * dhclient
 +
 +  * Build System Upgrade
 +    * Check Targets ​ install, sourcesets
 +    * Target syspkgs does not work
 +    * Check Target ​ iso-image-source
 +    * Check Targets release | iso-image | live-image (HD image) | install-image
 +    * Create proper sets (base, etc, man, and so on) with packages
 +    * Generate ISO from build System
 +
 +  * Dynamic base system?
 +  * Soft RT?
 +  * Kernel threads?
 +  * Efficient SMP?
 +
 +  * Fix DT_TEXTREL warning
 +
 +==== I am thinking about ====
 +
 +  * ARM
 +    * Console over Framebuffer
 +    * Hard FP support and ensure:
 +      * -march=armv7-a
 +      * -mfloat=hard
 +      * -mfpu=vfpv3-d16
 +    * Domain IDs for main servers + Mappings in User processes
 +    * ASID tagging (Beng'​s patch may be ok now?)
 +
 +  * INTEL/​x86_32
 +    * VGA/VESA Framebuffer (Higher text resolutions)
 +    * Console over Framebuffer
 +
 +===== Towards an optional POSIX layer for MINIX? =====
 +
 +In some embedded scenario, there is no need for all the POSIX APIs. I think that given MINIX structure, it should be possible to have a system without even filesystem support for example. In such systems all the functionnality required is simply implemented through a set of specific (and adhoc) services.
 +
 +Because of interdependencies in our current services (VM, VFS, PM, RS) it is not possible at the moment to reduced the system to a bare minimum of just the microkernel,​ a few drivers, VM, and RS.
 +
 +<​code>​
 +# Server re-organisation,​ if we aim one day to have a smaller subset without ​
 +# posix support.
 +# Not possible without right now, the servers have some inter-dependencies.
 +.
 +├── devman # Not sure where to place this, posix or system?
 +├── input # ditto
 +├── posix
 +│   ├── init
 +│   ├── ipc
 +│   ├── pm
 +│   ├── sched
 +│   └── vfs
 +└── system
 +    ├── ds
 +    ├── is
 +    ├── rs
 +    └── vm
 +</​code>​
 +----
 +
 +Email: lionel AT SPAM FOR FREE minix3 TEST DOT org
  
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