| ??? 09/06/04 17:14 Read: times |
#76986 - RE: Defining the project & new ideas Responding to: ???'s previous message |
I too would suggest an "API" approach, i might propose a more abstract one, however. The goal attempting to assure binary compatability across platforms of differing scale and i/o device type. I agree with you completely. I believe the OS itself should provide an API to the binary programs, and each subsystem (video, audio, I/O) on external chips should essentially provide a communications API to the central 8052. So a program running on the central 8052 calls an API in the OS which in turn sends a specific command to the specific external part. Neither the program nor the OS really has to care what the external device does with it--both the program and the OS just trust that the external device is following the commands that it is being sent. Regards, Craig Steiner |
