This is osFree documentation page. It is heavy mix of autogenerated documentation and hand-written documentation. Please select a category from below.

The general osFree documentation and ideas

• osFree design and development concept
• osFree architecture ideas
• Developer Reference
• Web-site maintaince guides and references
• Building hard disk image for Bochs
• Distribution and packaging for osFree (or any OS/2-like system)

Here you can find information about current boot process of osFree

• Boot process guides and references
• osFree boot sequence (Memory map changing)
• osFree boot sequence (Draft II)
  • A historical note about FreeLDR
  • Ideas inspired by OS2CSM
  • FreeLDR design and ideas
  • FreeLDR 0.0.2 release notes
  • About OS/2 booter
• osFree boot sequence (From Kernel execution to root server execution)
• osFree MBR loader
• osFree boot sectors

Microkernel, formerly L4Ka::Pistachio, now Fiasco.OC

• IDL4 Manual
• L4 Version X.2 Reference Manual
• L4Ka:Kickstart
• L4Ka::Pistachio and Afterburner build process
• Fiasco and L4Linux build process

TODO

The thin API layer between a microkernel and OS Personalities (consisting of libraries and servers)

UPDATE THIS!

• Root server
• Port Input Output server
• KBD server
• VIO server
• Virtual File System servers

• OS/2 personality
• DOS personality
• Win16 personality