; > KernlSplit Feasibility of splitting the RISC OS kernel =========================================== Author: Tim Dobson Name: KernlSplit Document version: 0.01 Last modified: 19-Apr-90 Cbange record: Date Name Description of change ---- ---- --------------------- 19-Apr-90 TDobson Started This document discusses the feasibility of splitting the RISC OS kernel into separate modules/code segments for each device driver. Suggested device drivers to be split off:- VDU Screen hardware drivers VIDC Pointer Palette Hardware scroll/multiple display banks Allocation of screen memory Bitmap manipulation Wrch Sprites Draw Fonts ColourTrans Keyboard/mouse IIC Real time clock CMOS RAM Serial Centronics Memory control