[ros-dev] Re: DOSemu for ReactOS

[crashfourit]

That was the point I wanted to make. I have an idea of how to do this, so
when I get the time I'll look into it.

On 11/25/05, Carlo J. Calica <ccalica at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> TwoTailedFox wrote:
>
> > There is little sense porting a Linux-based implementation of DOS,
> > when Open-Source projects such as FreeDOS exist, that could be more
> > easily integrated into ReactOS.
> >
>
> DOSEmu is not a Linux based implementation of DOS.  In fact it needs a dos
> (FreeDOS or other) to run.  It is a virtualization (kinda) based on vm86
> mode.  The virtualization is not a full x86 pc (Like qemu, dosbox or
> bochs)
> but just enough to run msdos (or FreeDOS) in.  It has some support for
> DMPI
> mode, sound devices, cdrom, a disk redirector to access linux's
> filesystem.
>
> Could it be used by ReactOS.  Maybe.  It relies heavily on the linux vm86
> syscall and is fairly posix specific.  Some items, like the disk
> redirector
> and cdrom drivers could be reused.  It is a great reference with over a
> decade of development.  The general architecture (protected mode kernel
> managing vm86 real mode process) would be the same.
>
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