Re: introspection in SML

On Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:29:43 GMT, stephen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Stephen
J. Bevan) wrote:

>Until and unless C# and Visual Studio can compile, build and debug the
>Linux kernel it makes no difference to my work how state-of-the-art
>Visual Studio is.  How is that relevant?  Well ...

Visual Studio will (eventually) compile most of the Linux kernel -
everything but the startup routines.  You will get a ****load of
errors because Linux uses GCC specific constructs and library
dependencies.  You'll likely spend several weeks removing/recoding the
GCC'isms before you can compile the code in VC without errors.  Then
you'll have to play with the linker options because the default is to
build a relocatable application rather than a static operating system
executable.

Similarly, Linux's ASM startup routines will have to be recoded to
remove library dependencies, to assemble with MASM, and to reference
the kernel wherever you decide to load it.

I haven't heard of this being done with any recent version of Linux -
nobody cares to do it - but I personally know someone who long ago
successfully built and ran an early version of the kernel with VC 4.2.
I don't know how long he spent futzing with it though.

George
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