Device Manage for OS/2

Device Manage for OS/2

DevCon for OS/2 - Developer Connection
Operating systems:
ArcaOS, eComStation, IBM OS/2 Warp

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Compilers

Tools

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Drivers/kernel

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SysInfo -- System information

The library is useful for configurators, system utilities, applications.

Name Description Download

esysinfo.dll eSysInfo - query system information eCo Software toolkit (h/lib),
eCo Software runtime (dll)

Function prototype
APIRET eSysInfo(ULONG QueryID, void *CopyResultsTo, ULONG StructureSize);

always call sizeof() as the third parameter, don't use constant value. System requirements:

eComStation operating system

eSysInfo collects information
OS information:

OS generarion: eComStation or IBM OS/2 Warp
OS version
NLV version
NeoWPS extender
date of OS installation

Components:

ACPI sub-system
APM supported sleep states

Memory:

total physical memory

Screen:

Screen width, height

Disk:

bootable drive
name, size of harddisks

PC:

CPU ID
Quantity of processors
Motherboard manufacturer, model

sysinfo.dll should provide information for developers:

Motherboard information (BIOS)
ACPI info
Memory (free physical, virtual, OBJ_ANY)
Disk information (type, space), bootable disk (detect of harddisks, write: name, size)
Video mode information
Uptime

The library should use ACPI to query information from the computer.

CPU Information

Measuring CPU Usage (Written by Sergey Yevtushenko)

SYSLEVEL

EDM/2
EDM/2
clevel.zip
syslevel.cmd

DosQuerySysInfo system function

DosQuerySysInfo.exe

ArcaOS 5.1.1 whatsnew - PNG icons

PNG icons on Desktop
PNG icons on Desktop. (instead of ancient .ico designed in 1994)

ACPI для OS/2

eCo Software have started the development of ACPI driver in 2005
// надо на ENG!!

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Every conference is important.

Warpstock Europe 2016

Interview with Lars Erdmann
talking about USB drivers development
What was happening at that conference? The work on ArcaOS was starting..