Re: [MiNT] Block devices

[Adam Kłobukowski <adamklobukowski@gmail.com>]

W dniu 24.08.2011 22:05, Helmut Karlowski pisze:
> Am 24.08.2011, 14:23 Uhr, schrieb Adam Kłobukowski
> <adamklobukowski@gmail.com>:
>
> > Having all that could remove another 'external' subsystem. I'd really
> > like FreeMiNT to be a 'complete' OS.
>
> Me too: No TOS, no HD-driver, only a MiNT-loader (which is started like
> a HD-driver). How did Linux-68k solve this?

They have drivers for all hardware.

> But first the blocking IO should be removed and real threads and maybe
> memory-swapping are needful too.

DMA is possible for SCSI and floppy already. It is possible to fake DMA 
for IDE too by using blitter (is there is working blitter, otherwise no 
luck), so it is possible.

Adam Klobukowski