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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers developing a Kernel for old old Unix? Post 302343135 by jim mcnamara on Tuesday 11th of August 2009 05:57:49 PM
Old 08-11-2009
The usual way to handle this problem is with a HAL - a hardware abstraction layer.
It is also called a microkernel - kind of like a layer between a BIOS and the OS, like what Linux does.

If you go to Dissertation Abstracts, you will find a lof of Master's Thesis that did exactly that - a microkernel. You may even find one for the version of Unix your Dad is running.

Try googling for 'unix microkernel' to start off. In the late 70's we had tapes from Bell Labs: you built C first, then compiled the OS.
 

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HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)				      General Commands Manual					 HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)

NAME
hal-find-by-capability - find device objects by capability matching SYNOPSIS
hal-find-by-capability [options] DESCRIPTION
hal-get-capability finds device object in the HAL device database by looking at device capabilities. For more information about both the big picture and specific HAL properties, refer to the HAL spec which can be found in /usr/share/doc/hal-doc/spec/hal-spec.html depending on the distribution. OPTIONS
The following options are supported: --capability The name of the capability. --verbose Verbose output. --help Print out usage. --version Print the version. RETURN VALUE
If devices matching the given capability are found each UDI (Unique Device Identifier) is printed on stdout and the program exits with exit code 0. If no devices are found or an error occured, the program exits with a non-zero exit code. BUGS
Please send bug reports to either the distribution or the HAL mailing list, see http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/hal on how to subscribe. SEE ALSO
hald(8), lshal(1), hal-set-property(1), hal-get-property(1), hal-find-by-property(1), dbus-send(1) AUTHOR
Written by David Zeuthen <david@fubar.dk> with a lot of help from many others. HAL-FIND-BY-CAPABILITY(1)
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