SquirrelJME/SquirrelJME

# 2014/12/15

***DISCLAIMER***: _These notes are from the defunct k8 project which_
_precedes SquirrelJME. The notes for SquirrelJME start on 2016/02/26!_
_The k8 project was effectively a Java SE 8 operating system and as such_
_all of the notes are in the context of that scope. That project is no_
_longer my goal as SquirrelJME is the spiritual successor to it._

## 04:58

Had a nose bleed, but my visit is almost over. Was writing generators but I
believe if I can pass my own FileChannel I can potentially combine multiple
generators, so a PowerPC generator could be directly attached to a MIPS one
for example, or perhaps one for MicroMIPS. This way generators for the tiny
form of things can be done in separate classes.

## 08:07

Going to use device trees (ePAPR) since it is a nice format and could possibly
help portability between OSes as a standard definition. Since I already like
Open Firmware's way of doing things with the device tree it is a plus. Also
for my OS, I planned to use it for everything even before learning that the
Linux kernel switched to it.

## 15:18

Going to simplify builder once again since it I can just use the standard file
manager provided by the compiler as it must be able to handle JAR files.

## 20:53

I believe the best thing to do for the bootloaders is to keep them as minimal
assembly as required that way less work is duplicated. They will just setup a
basic interface and jump to Java code.