Documentation update.

Added preliminary road-map.

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Rex. Rex.
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Subject: [ros-kernel] Pet peeve of the week
Resent-Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 11:57:40 -0600
Resent-From: ros-kernel@sid-dis.com
Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 09:53:48 -0800
From: rex <rex@lvcablemodem.com>
Reply-To: <ros-kernel@sid-dis.com>
To: ReactOS Kernel Forum <ros-kernel@sid-dis.com>
Hi all,
I guess it's about time to start another mailstorm
on the list. :)
I have a suggestion for a change to the kernel.
It not a very big change, and I hope everyone
will agree that it makes sense.
There is a structure used in many places in the
kernel called LARGE_INTEGER. the is also
a version called ULARGE_INTEGER, but it
is not used at all as far as I can tell. this structure
is equivalent to a long long int. You can literally
cast a pointer to a LARGE_INTEGER to a
long long int and all manipulation will work
seemlessly. My suggestion is that we replace the
use of this structure with long long ints. Even
microsoft, in their infinite wisdom, has made this
suggestion in the DDK documentation. If you're
wondering where, look at the RTL functions
that manipulate LARGE_INTEGER structs.
Replacing LI's with long long ints will work
because they are binary compatable. All software
compiled to use LI's will manipulate long long ints
correctly and vice versa. There is one problem
with this suggestion: the LARGE_INTEGER type
is a structure containing 2 members. Any code
that accesses the structure by members will break.
I think the kernel side impact is minimal, and is
worth the change. However, the structure is used
in several of the Win32 API functions, and needs
to remain there. I think we build a conditionally
compiled version of the LARGE_INTEGER type.
In kernel mode code (the kernel proper and drivers)
the LARGE INTEGER will be the following:
typedef long long int LARGE_INTEGER,
*PLARGE_INTEGER;
typedef unsigned long long int ULARGE_INTEGER,
*PULARGE_INTEGER;
and in user mode code it will expand out to the
current definition (which by the way, is not
strictly correct, but can't be because it uses a
MS compiler extension).
Brian, I would be willing to make the conversion
to those kernel modules that needed it, and of
course to the IDE driver if we want to go forward
with the change.
Lastly, I'll mention what made me consider this.
I was fixing the timer routines, and two of the
three problems turned out to be related to LI
conversion problems.
Rex.
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Subject: Re: [ros-kernel] Pet peeve of the week
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1998 19:10:37 +0100
From: Boudewijn <ariadne@xs4all.nl>
To: rex@lvcablemodem.com
References: 1
Hai Rex
I think it is a good idea to wrap a makro around the member access
to large integers.
I haven't tested this, but do you think this is a good sugestion ?
#ifdef COMPILER_LARGE_INTEGERS
#define GET_LARGE_INTEGER_HIGH_PART(LargeInteger) ( ( LargeInteger >>
32) )
#define GET_LARGE_INTEGER_LOW_PART(LargeInteger) ( (LargeInteger &
0xFFFFFFFF) )
#define SET_LARGE_INTEGER_HIGH_PART(LargeInteger,Signed_Long) (
LargeInteger |= ( ((LARGE_INTEGER)Signed_Long) << 32 ) )
#define SET_LARGE_INTEGER_LOW_PART(LargeInteger,Unsigned_Long) (
LargeInteger |= Unsigned_Long )
#else
#define GET_LARGE_INTEGER_HIGH_PART(LargeInteger) ( (
LargeInteger.HighPart) )
#define GET_LARGE_INTEGER_LOW_PART(LargeInteger) (
(LargeInteger.LowPart) )
#define SET_LARGE_INTEGER_HIGH_PART(LargeInteger,Signed_Long) (
LargeInteger.HighPart= Signed_Long )
#define SET_LARGE_INTEGER_LOW_PART(LargeInteger,Unsigned_Long) (
LargeInteger.LowPart = Unsigned_Long )
#endif
Boudewijn
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Subject: Re: Question on "Sending buffers on the stack to asynchronous DeviceIoControl with buffered I/O" Subject: Re: Question on "Sending buffers on the stack to asynchronous DeviceIoControl with buffered I/O"
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:24:57 -0800 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1998 11:24:57 -0800
From: "-Paul" <paulsan@microsoftSPAM.com> From: "-Paul" <paulsan@microsoftSPAM.com>
@ -669,28 +567,4 @@ your own queue if you don't worry about PNP and POWER. I hear tell of an
upcoming MSJ article by a Microsoft developer that may solve the upcoming MSJ article by a Microsoft developer that may solve the
complete problem. complete problem.
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ReactOS RoadMap
=================
This file should give developers and users some hints about where
the project development is heading to. This list is intended to be
a base for discussions and can be changed to reflect the results of
these discussions. Every developer is encouraged to add his/her own
ideas to this list.
Version 0.0.19:
- FreeLoader can boot ReactOS from hard-disk
- Registry support for FreeLoader
- ATAPI storage driver stack
Version 0.0.20:
- CDROM class driver
- CDFS file system driver (iso9660,...)
Version 0.0.21:
- ReactOS can boot from CDROM
List includes personal 'to-do' topics by:
Eric Kohl

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* Function groups totally or partially unimplemented * Function groups totally or partially unimplemented
Dma functions (see hal/x86/dma.c) Dma functions (see hal/x86/dma.c)
PCI interface functions (see hal/x86/bios32.c, hal/x86/pci.c)
HalExamineMbr
Locale support (see ex/locale.c)
Shutdown support (see ex/power.c) Shutdown support (see ex/power.c)
Zw(Set/Get)SystemInformation (see ex/sysinfo.c) Zw(Set/Get)SystemInformation (see ex/sysinfo.c)
Adapter functions (see io/adapter.c)
Io cancelation support (see io/cancel, et al) Io cancelation support (see io/cancel, et al)
Directory change notification (see io/dir.c) Directory change notification (see io/dir.c)
Error logging (see io/errlog.c) Error logging (see io/errlog.c)
Buffer flushing (see io/flush.c)
Io completion ports (see io/iocomp.c) Io completion ports (see io/iocomp.c)
File locking (see io/lock.c) File locking (see io/lock.c)
Mailslots (see io/mailslot.c)
Named pipes (see io/npipe.c)
Hardware resource management (see io/resource.c) Hardware resource management (see io/resource.c)
File access checking (see io/share.c)
Exception support (see ke/catch.c) Exception support (see ke/catch.c)
Mutex support (see ke/mutex.c) Mutex support (see nt/mutex.c)
Semaphore support (see ke/sem.c)
Timer support (see ke/timer.c)
Single linked lists (see rtl/slist.c)
Sequenced lists (see rtl/seqlist.c)
* Verify implementation * Verify implementation
Fast mutexes (see ex/fmutex.c)
* Major areas * Major areas