IRC

Hi,

You can now contact some pmbsd developers on IRC. You can find them on irc.efnet.org chan #pmbsd.

Pataporn (pmbsd IRC bot that will be operational in few days) will be here too, and will handle the chan :)

Cheers,

Google Code

Hi,

Our source tree is now synchronized with Google Code.

You can take a look to a shiny graph here :

http://code.google.com/p/pmbsd/source/list

I will probably resync the sourceforge repo in the next few days !

Cheers.

Oktoberfest

Hi,

Release time is coming.

Normally all pmbsd-0.2 developments must be finish before the

end of October. Three big development are still remaining :

- spl framework. (will be done before the end of the week)
- pmvm. (New Virtual Memory Layer)
- bootloader on disk.

I am still working on the two first project. Julien is working on the
bootloader on disk.

Cheers,

New developer

Hi,

Remi moriceau (rem-s@pmbsd.org) has just joined our team. Remi
wiIl not work on pmbsd development (for the moment). He will manage
the pmbsd store.

His goal is to remove the caffepress store and to create an online
shop for selling T-Shirts. 64% of the online shop 's benefits will go
directly to the pmbsd association. Remi & pmbsd will be linked by
an agreement.

All the money collected will be used to pay hardware for developers
and server membership.

Cheers,

Pigeon mouette kernel support multiboot

Hi,

The code is merged with current. You can test it with an usb key or any storage. You just need to create a fat32 partition and install grub on it.

After with qemu do :

qemu -hda /dev/xxx -boot c

Under grub you only need to do :

kernel /bsd

boot

Cheers,

New developer

Gregory Lermercier has joined the Pigeon-Mouette BSD team.

For the moment, he will fix typos and grammar on the website. He will also work on the kernel.

Pigeon Mouette is still looking for kernel developers.

Cheers,

RoadMap

Hi,

This is the new roadmap of the implemented features for the next versions of pmbsd:

TODO before 0.6 "Network"
  - Add TCP/IP Stack               => NULL
  - Support for Arm                => NULL

TODO before 0.5 "SMP"
  - Add support of smp.            => NULL
  - Use APIC instead of PIC.       => NULL
  - ACPI.                          => NULL
  - Support for AVR.               => NULL

TODO before 0.4 "Hello userland world"  
  - Add a scheduler (if possible   => NULL
tickless)
  - Add an elf loader.             => NULL
  - Add write on FAT32             => NULL

TODO before 0.3 "Cap to vfs"
  - Have a working vfs.            => NULL
  - Have a fat32 read-only fs.     => NULL
  - Add the user space.            => NULL
  - Create a packaging subsystem   => NULL
to distribute sources and
binaries on sourceforge.

TODO before 0.2 "Focused on the basics"
  - Set the stack at the good      => NULL
   point.
  - Have a working malloc.         => DONE (syl)
 - Create a new VM layer          => NULL
 - Reorganise Bootloader to allow => WIP (julien)
   boot without floppy.
 - Advance the vdisplay.          => WIP (syl)
 - Update Idt code and add all    => WIP (syl)
   the interrupt needed.
 - Use new config                 => DONE (syl)

Cheers,