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April 2008
IntellectualHeaven - Products - StraceNT - Strace for Windows
by sylvainulg
(via)
a system call tracer (e.g. strace) for Windows. Howdy!
eeeXubuntu
by bacon
& 2 others
Ubuntu lite for the Asus eeePC. Some kind soul has taken the lightweight version of Ubuntu, called Xubuntu, which is designed to run on older or less powerful machines, and tweaked it to run on Asus' mini laptop right out of the box.
March 2008
The Linux BootPrompt-HowTo
by sylvainulg
(via)
sometimes, it's good to have all "boot-time arguments" of the Linux kernel at hand. Here you are
Lightweight Shared Objects in a 64-Bit Operating System - Chase, Levy, Lazowska, Baker-Harvey (ResearchIndex)
by sylvainulg
another one that seems worth-reading ;)
Synthesis: An efficient implementation of fundamental operating system services
by sylvainulg
(via)
should be worth a read, despite it's over 15 years old...
Welcome to the Linux Graphics Driver from Intel site | Graphics
by sylvainulg
w00t. The 3D chip that comes with programmer's reference manual. I've got to 0wn one :)
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November 2007
Outils multiboot
by sylvainulg
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tous les outils multiboot répertoriés (enfin, j'ai pas encore vu GRUB :P)
Re: problems with ld --wrap : Help!
by sylvainulg
(via)
more gcc/libc subtleties: replace references to malloc into references to __wrap_malloc and then use __real_malloc in your wrapper code
September 2007
Distant Voices - Operating Systems,Geschichten,Linux Drucker Howto,Firewalls,Java etc.
by sylvainulg
(via)
website of my fellow OS developer "Beyond Infinity" aka "distantvoices"
August 2007
USB.org - Approved Device Class Document Download
by sylvainulg
(via)
w00t. They actually *do* provide documentation on generic USB devices such as "mass storage" and "hid" ^_^
The Mass Storage Page
by sylvainulg
& 2 others
and now, plenty of pointers to info about the USB "mass storage" devices ...
USB Human Interface Device (HID) FAQ
by sylvainulg
How can an application request a report using a control transfer?
How can an application send a report using a control transfer?
How can an application request reports using interrupt transfers?
How large is the ReadFile buffer?
Where is the Windows documentation for accessing HIDs?
Why do I receive "CRC Error" when attempting to send a report to my device?
...
Sample Chapter from Programming the Microsoft® Windows® Driver Model, Second Edition by Walter Oney
by sylvainulg
(via)
Programming the Microsoft® Windows® Driver Model
interesting info on USB HID class drivers :P
Details of GRUB on the PC
by sylvainulg
& 1 other
(via)
well described .. the basic info you'll love to have when starting to mess with your own OS
OSRC: The Operating System Resource Center
by sylvainulg
& 6 others
still there, years later ... the definitive reference.
Linux/drivers/net/8139too.c
by sylvainulg
One of the most deployed network chip's driver, commented for your pleasure ...
Swap space implementation, part two - SunWorld - January 1998
by sylvainulg
Le swap, comment ça marche, sur un vrai OS ?
UTF-8 and Unicode FAQ
by sylvainulg
& 2 others
tout ce que vous avez toujours voulu savoir sur Unicode
0xFE - 11111110b - 0376 - 254 b9#9: How OS X Executes Applications
by sylvainulg
& 2 others
(via)
a nice blog in the world of OSX. Neat technical details ^_^
July 2007
