Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263641AbUDGN5N (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:57:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263652AbUDGN5N (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:57:13 -0400 Received: from chaos.analogic.com ([204.178.40.224]:39041 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263641AbUDGN5D (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:57:03 -0400 Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 09:58:49 -0400 (EDT) From: "Richard B. Johnson" X-X-Sender: root@chaos Reply-To: root@chaos.analogic.com To: Sean Neakums cc: Mohamed Aslan , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Rewrite Kernel In-Reply-To: <6un05oszfx.fsf@zork.zork.net> Message-ID: References: <20040407125406.209FC39834A@ws5-1.us4.outblaze.com> <6un05oszfx.fsf@zork.zork.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 794 Lines: 24 On Wed, 7 Apr 2004, Sean Neakums wrote: > "Mohamed Aslan" writes: > > > i wanna to rewrite a version of linux kernel from scratch in assembly for intel 386+ fo speed and a libc also in assembly for speed > > what do u think guys > > Why not just write a program to translate 'C' code into assembly? > It's called a compiler and we already have several versions, none optimum. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.24 on an i686 machine (797.90 BogoMips). Note 96.31% of all statistics are fiction. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/