30 Jan
2002
30 Jan
'02
9:54 p.m.
In message: <200201301952.g0UJq0E39966(a)ducky.net>
Mike Haertel <mike(a)ducky.net> writes:
: >Anyhow I have started gathering the tools (Watcom C compiler now
: >open source and free! www.openwatcom.org)
:
: They have announced that it *will be* open source and free,
: but so far as far as I can tell there is nothing available
: at openwatcom.org except a binary-only patch to upgrade
: the last commercial version 11 to 11.0c.
:
: So, it isn't yet. Right now it's just vaporware.
The only compiler I know of that deals properly with generating 16-bit
x86 code is bcc, which the Elks folks use to build their kernel. This
is Bruce Evan's compiler with support for prototypes bolted on, iirc.
http://www.cix.co.uk/~mayday/
It is a tad Linux centric, but I was able to get it to build with only
a few tweaks on FreeBSD. It is sufficient to build the elks tree, but
I've not tried it on anything else.
Warner