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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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