Peerix

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PC

Current research has identified a preliminary structure for the OS.

SYSLINUX / ISOLINUX boot loader supplies:

  • Hardware specific binary code residing in the boot sector of a device (CD, HD, USB stick, Flash card)
  • Bootstrap application to mount and execute the linux kernel (ext2 filesystem) and mount the main filesystem (ISO9660 in the case of ISOLINUX, fat in the case of SYSLINUX)
  • CD to boot both Mac and PC
  • Initialise framebuffer
  • Take care of aesthetic considerations such as hiding/logging boot messages and displaying an initial startup image on framebuffer.

Linux Kernel supplies:

  • Built in support for HotPlug devices, Hardware autodetection, network
  • Ultimately a custom made kernel will be compiled - 2.6 version

Debian distro provides:

  • Software Package management (apt-get)
  • Kernel package management and customising (kpackage, makeconf)
  • Framebuffer support and graphics abstraction layer
    • directfb, svgalib, fbcon
    • SDL, GD, rsvg
    • SDL::Perl
    • Perl-based network layer
    • Perl-based GUI connecting to SDL

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