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diff --git a/SPECIFICATION.TXT b/SPECIFICATION.TXT new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6cae3058 --- /dev/null +++ b/SPECIFICATION.TXT @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +=================================== +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. + + |