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 Allow gPXE to run as a usermode application under Linux on both i386 and x86_64. Hence opening new debugging possibilities and shortening the development cycle considerably. Allow gPXE to run as a usermode application under Linux on both i386 and x86_64. Hence opening new debugging possibilities and shortening the development cycle considerably.
  
-[[soc/​2010/​peper/​notes/​implementation_details|Implementation details]]+[[..:notes/​implementation_details|Implementation details]] 
 + 
 +[[..:​notes/​usermode_explained|How usermode under Linux is done]]
  
 ==== Tasks ==== ==== Tasks ====
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     * Link against hacked ''​stdlib''​     * Link against hacked ''​stdlib''​
     * Add linker scripts for ''​i386''​ and ''​x86_64''​ with tables support     * Add linker scripts for ''​i386''​ and ''​x86_64''​ with tables support
- +  ​* Add the necessary subsystems for a tap network driver
-=== Current === +
-  ​* Add the necessary subsystems for a tap network driver ​[Needs cleanup]+
       * ''​CONSOLE_LINUX''​       * ''​CONSOLE_LINUX''​
       * ''​TIMER_LINUX''​       * ''​TIMER_LINUX''​
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       * ''​UMALLOC_LINUX''​       * ''​UMALLOC_LINUX''​
       * ''​NAP_LINUX''​       * ''​NAP_LINUX''​
-  ​* Add a tap network driver ​[Needs cleanup]+      * ''​SMBIOS_LINUX''​ (empty) 
 +  ​* Add a tap network driver
   * Add command-line arguments allowing configuration of the tap driver   * Add command-line arguments allowing configuration of the tap driver
 +  * Drop the stdlib dep 
 +    * Implement ''​syscall()''​ and ''​linux_*''​ on top of it where possible 
 +    * Implement ''​linux_realloc''​ 
 +    * Implement ''​_start''​ 
 +    * Make it not too hard to switch to linking to stdlib for debugging purposes 
 +=== Current === 
 +  * Making gPXE valgrindable
 === Planned for near future === === Planned for near future ===
-  * Implement syscall interface directly (i.e. don't use ''​stdlib''​) 
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-Planned for later: 
   * Research how to map gPXE's driver API to hardware via kernel   * Research how to map gPXE's driver API to hardware via kernel

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