From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.4 required=5.0 tests=AC_FROM_MANY_DOTS,BAYES_00 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc1361a952ec75ca X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-09-06 07:44:27 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.icl.net!ldn-newsfeed.speedport.net!newsfeed.speedport.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!psiuk-p2!uknet!psiuk-n!news.pace.co.uk!nh.pace.co.uk!not-for-mail From: "Marin David Condic" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Ada OS talk (was: Progress on AdaOS) Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 09:59:11 -0400 Organization: Posted on a server owned by Pace Micro Technology plc Message-ID: <9n7vfh$nq6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> References: <9n2jcd$b50$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <9n3h11$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: dhcp-200-133.miami.pace.co.uk X-Trace: nh.pace.co.uk 999784753 24390 136.170.200.133 (6 Sep 2001 13:59:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: newsmaster@news.cam.pace.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Sep 2001 13:59:13 GMT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:12798 Date: 2001-09-06T13:59:13+00:00 List-Id: I certainly wouldn't want to ignore the file system. What I'm suggesting is that you could get a useful piece of an OS built without designing the file system initially. To the extent that a Boot-Loader/Kernel/Core would need to load programs to run, you'd have to connect to a file system of some sort, but you could hide that beneath a package spec & just simulate it with some existing file system. The point being that doing so you'd have something to show & work with rather than creating so many requirements & raising so many debates that nothing ever gets done. Better to have some simple piece of the plan up and working and save the file system issues for later. MDC -- Marin David Condic Senior Software Engineer Pace Micro Technology Americas www.pacemicro.com Enabling the digital revolution e-Mail: marin.condic@pacemicro.com Web: http://www.mcondic.com/ "David Starner" wrote in message news:9n3h11$9ic1@news.cis.okstate.edu... > > But you don't want to fall into the trap of ignoring the file system. > File systems are key part of an style - a FAT style fs, a VFAT style > fs, a NTFS style fs, a Unix style fs, a Mac OS fs - all made their > mark on their systems, with permissions, valid file names and structure. >