Michael Lotz
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There's no real need to distinguish between first/middle/last parts of the file and much of the initialization can be done simpler. This also checks for overflows when truncating the requested length. On 64 bit platforms this would always happen due to the kernel file map code requesting (size_t)-1 (i.e. unlimited) extents. This lead to the file end being reached when building the map from a position unequal 0, which would happen for files fragmented enough to need more than the default of 8 supplied vectors. An IO error was returned in that case, rendering the file partially unreadable.
Haiku
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Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. Inspired by the BeOS, Haiku is fast, simple to use, easy to learn and yet very powerful.
Goals
- Sensible defaults with minimal configuration required.
- Clean, clear, concise code.
- Unified desktop environment.
Trying Haiku
Haiku provides pre-built nightly images and release images. Haiku is compatible with a large variety of hardware, but in case you don't want to "take the plunge" and install Haiku on bare metal, you can install it on a virtual machine (VM) instead. If you've never used a VM before, you can follow one of the "Emulating Haiku" guides.
Compiling Haiku
See ReadMe.Compiling.
Contributing
Haiku is a meritocratic open source project with a large variety of tasks. Even if you can't write code, you can still help! Haiku needs designers, (technical) writers, translators, testers... Get involved and help out!
Contributing code
If you're submitting a patch to us, please make sure you're following the patch submitting guidelines.
If you're having trouble finding something in the source tree, you can use one of our OpenGrok servers:
- http://xref.plausible.coop/ (provided by Landon Fuller)
- http://code.metager.de/source/xref/haiku (provided by MetaGer)
Contributing documentation
The main piece of documentation that still needs work are the API docs (found
in the tree at docs/user). Just find an undocumented class, write
documentation for it, and submit a patch.
Contributing translations
See wiki:i18n.
Contributing software ports
See HaikuPorts.