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<TITLE>bochs: The Open Source IA-32 Emulation Project (IRC Survey)</TITLE>
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<h1>IRC Survey 5/30/2001</h1>
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What do you use Bochs for?
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OS Developer: to test software that you are writing
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Educator/Student: to see how the computer works
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Win Apps: To run Windows applications under some other OS
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Run other x86 OSes
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What are the most important areas for future bug fixes?
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bug1: mouse support (takes too much CPU, some modes not implemented)
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bug2: keyboard (missing keys, international support)
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bug3: cdrom model (support on win95,98 and other OSes)
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bug4: miscellaneous CPU model problems (unimplemented instructions)
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bug5: documentation is lacking
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bug6: my favorite OS or application _____ doesn't boot yet!
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</pre>
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What are the most important feature requests?
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feature1: disk image tools
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feature2: timing problems (bochs takes up 100% of CPU, keyboard autorepeats too much)
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feature3: cdrom (read from cdrom disk image, boot from CD)
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feature4: hard disk (allow more than 2, read from raw partitions, etc.)
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feature5: floppy disk (detect different sizes)
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feature6: video (display speed ?, missing video modes)
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feature7: networking (get bochs talking to the world)
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feature8: emulation speed (guest-to-host communication, profiling to find slow code)
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feature8: building for win32 sucks because of missing makefile problem
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feature10: GUI for configuration and runtime control
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</pre>
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