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authorAmlal El Mahrouss <amlal.elmahrouss@icloud.com>2024-01-26 22:26:48 +0100
committerAmlal El Mahrouss <amlal.elmahrouss@icloud.com>2024-01-26 22:27:09 +0100
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Kernel: Major repository refactor.
Rework the repo into Private and Public modules. Signed-off-by: Amlal El Mahrouss <amlal.elmahrouss@icloud.com>
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+===================================
+0: Generic Information
+===================================
+
+- ABI/Format: Portable Executable Format.
+- Architecture: Microkernel.
+- Language: C++/C/Assembly (AMD64, X64000, X86S, ARM64)
+
+===================================
+1: The hCore Microkernel
+===================================
+
+hCore mounts NewFS by default,
+a journal filesystem meant for GUI use.
+It makes use of a concept named 'Fork'
+It contains data about a specific 'Catalog'
+
+Programs are load using the PEF. PEF is a multiplatform container
+for executables/shared libraries. Dwarf is used for debugging.
+
+hCore has SMP in it's core with a preemptive multi-threaded scheduler.
+
+====================================
+2: The GUI Kit
+====================================
+
+We have a Look and Feel system, to support custom application themes.
+CWindowLookAndFeel interface takes care of that.
+
+===================================
+3: The System Kit
+===================================
+
+We use C++ for this API, use it when dealing with C++ code. For C use RTKit.
+
+===================================
+4: The RunTime Kit
+===================================
+
+It is a C API, they're mostly system calls, use this to make hCore
+optimizations.
+
+