Some General Inqueries...
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Some General Inqueries...
I've been following ReactOS for a while. But just out of curiosity, could someone answer some of these questions for me:
- Will DirectX10 and above ever be supported?
- Will the new driver model available in Vista/Win7 be supported?
- Is ReactOS x64 compatible?
- Will ReactOS have the 'newer' processor scheduling that is available in Vista/Win7? Or is it only based on the WinXp/2K3 Kernel?
Thanks for your time.
- Will DirectX10 and above ever be supported?
- Will the new driver model available in Vista/Win7 be supported?
- Is ReactOS x64 compatible?
- Will ReactOS have the 'newer' processor scheduling that is available in Vista/Win7? Or is it only based on the WinXp/2K3 Kernel?
Thanks for your time.
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Yes
Probably, in time, but not now
x64 branch is under development. I think it can boot but not much more. Currently released ReactOS is IA32 (x86) only.
Reactos is based on thw win2003 kernel, but enhancements from newer OSes may at some point be added.
Probably, in time, but not now
x64 branch is under development. I think it can boot but not much more. Currently released ReactOS is IA32 (x86) only.
Reactos is based on thw win2003 kernel, but enhancements from newer OSes may at some point be added.
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I dont think ReactOS would work on Itanium (IA32)... Trunk is for x86 only, with ARM porting being done from some time.
A branch for x86-64 is being developed, but it still requires much work before reaching the functionality of trunk. Right now ReactOS is based on 2003 kernel. All new features you mentioned will be possibly implemented, but not in the near future.
A branch for x86-64 is being developed, but it still requires much work before reaching the functionality of trunk. Right now ReactOS is based on 2003 kernel. All new features you mentioned will be possibly implemented, but not in the near future.
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Right now we completely rely on Wine when it comes to directx support. You can check their status here http://www.winehq.org/status/directx.
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Haos: IA-32 is not Itanium, which is IA-64. IA-32 is the same as x86.
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That is correct.Ganimoth wrote:Haos: IA-32 is not Itanium, which is IA-64. IA-32 is the same as x86.
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Here is another question that seems related. Will ReactOs run on a 64-bit processor as a 32-bit operating system like Windows XP/Vista 32-bit versions work on 64-bit processors?
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I believe it currently can, but will only use one core due to issues with the multi-processor code.swight wrote:Will ReactOs run on a 64-bit processor as a 32-bit operating system
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That's correct, I run it with a Core 2.RideBMX wrote:I believe it currently can, but will only use one core due to issues with the multi-processor code.swight wrote:Will ReactOs run on a 64-bit processor as a 32-bit operating system
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The number of cores a processor has is nothing to do with whether it's 64bit or 32bit surely...?RideBMX wrote:I believe it currently can, but will only use one core due to issues with the multi-processor code.swight wrote:Will ReactOs run on a 64-bit processor as a 32-bit operating system
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What he means, is that ReactOS can only use one processor/core at the moment, regardless of if it's a 64bit Core2Quad or a 32bit dual PIIIcppm wrote:The number of cores a processor has is nothing to do with whether it's 64bit or 32bit surely...?RideBMX wrote:I believe it currently can, but will only use one core due to issues with the multi-processor code.swight wrote:Will ReactOs run on a 64-bit processor as a 32-bit operating system
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No, these two things aren't related, but 64bit support has come with dual core processors, they're just syncronous technology developementscppm wrote:The number of cores a processor has is nothing to do with whether it's 64bit or 32bit surely...?RideBMX wrote:I believe it currently can, but will only use one core due to issues with the multi-processor code.swight wrote:Will ReactOs run on a 64-bit processor as a 32-bit operating system
Ex. QuadCore CPUs aren't 128bit processors
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Ah right. Well that makes sense. I was just being picky
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this went slightly offtopic.. I think the original question was answered and we can all move on
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No, these two things aren't related, but 64bit support has come with dual core processors, they're just syncronous technology developementsEy3 wrote:The number of cores a processor has is nothing to do with whether it's 64bit or 32bit surely...?cppm wrote: I believe it currently can, but will only use one core due to issues with the multi-processor code.
Ex. QuadCore CPUs aren't 128bit processors [/quote]
No, they where 2 seperate developments. AMD created amd64 on single core processors, and the original Pentium D was a 32-bit processor.
Edit:No I was wrong. The Pentium D did support amd64. However, my computer is using a Athlon 64 3000+, a single core processor with only one core. There are plenty of systems out there that support amd64 but with only a single core. So you can't assume that a 64-bit cpu has more than one core. So my point still stands.
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