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   mutazilah@gmail.com to wolfgang kern   
   Re: This newsgroup.   
   22 Mar 23 15:34:31   
   
   From: muta...@gmail.com   
      
   On Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 12:41:52 AM UTC+8, wolfgang kern wrote:   
      
   > >> me too like to see attempts to create an UEFI compliant OS from scratch    
   > >> w/o reusing C-libraries nor copies from already existing Lonnix/M$.    
   > >    
   > > What's wrong with using a C library to do the UEFI calls?   
   > > easy answer: it is C, aka limited+bloated+weird HLL-stuff.    
      
   Like UEFI itself?   
      
   The C library that I use that wraps the UEFI calls is 46k in total   
   (executable).   
      
   I suspect the requirements for UEFI are a modern machine   
   with much more than 46k of RAM.   
      
   You could use the generated assembler, and you could trim   
   it down, but is there a purpose to that?   
      
   You mentioned you want to see "attempts" (multiple, and   
   presumably in assembler) - why? Are you going to use them,   
   or you just want to look at them, even if they all have the   
   same design?   
      
   BFN. Paul.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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