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Revamp

Let me spam you guys first with an expansion of the hardware tree:

Category:Architectures|Architectures
PowerPC
X86
AMD K6 WriteBack Optimisations
Bootloader
CPU Bugs
Category:Operating Modes|Operating Modes
Category:Protected Mode|Protected Mode
Global Descriptor Table
Interrupt Descriptor Table
Protected Mode
Virtual 8086 Mode
Virtual Monitor
Category:Real Mode|Real Mode
Interrupt Vector Table
Real Mode
Unreal Mode
Category:System Initialization (x86)|System Initialization (x86)
MBR (x86)
Tutorial:GDT
Category:X86 Instructions|X86 Instructions
CLI
CPUID
INT
INVLPG
STI
XCHG
X86-64
BIOS
Category:CPU|CPU
AMD K6 WriteBack Optimisations
CPU Bugs
Detecting CPU Speed
X86-64
Category:HardwareComm|HardwareComm
3c556
Ne2000
Serial ports
Interrupts
Interrupt Service Routines
PIC
Category:Memory|Memory
A20 Line
CMOS
Networking
3c556
Ne2000
PCI
Category:Peripheral Buses
USB
PIC
Category:PowerManagement
ACPI
APM
RSDP
Programmable Interval Timer
Storage
ATA
DMA
Floppy Driver
Storage
Video
Text UI
VGA
VGA Hardware
VGA Resources

What I notice that there are a lot of topics out of place, topics in categories where they don't belong, duplicate categories, categories with same-named pages, single-topic categories, categories with a full article's contents, and naming inconsistencies: IMO one big mess.

Id like to propose a reorganisation of the category structure as well as some sort of manual of style related issues: At the root, i'd suggest having only concrete devices and directly related standards. (most definately no theory related pages) Like the following:

Category:Architectures|Architectures
Common Devices (motherboard resources, timers, RNGs, memory: DMA PIC PIT and APIC would go here)
Category:Communication|Communication (merge of hardwarecomm and networking)
Category:Input Devices|Input Devices (nonexistant, but useful. A good KBC article would go here)
Category:Peripheral Buses|Peripheral Buses
Sound (nonexistant)
Storage
Video

as subcategories, and either no topics, or a list of ALL devices (for allowing a quick lookup of a device being documented) for which some wikipedia magic could be useful?

For the architectures category:

X86 (category)
Operating Modes (as category, containing only PM, RM, UM, v8086 mode as articles, no subs)
Instructions (as category)
all other x86-specific topics would go as normal articles here, as well as the articles under CPU

and similarly for other architectures

X86-64 (as category)
X86-64 (as article)
...
PowerPC (as category)
PowerPC (as article)
...

The philosophy behind this is that it should be consistent, and obvious. (a lot of subclasses from x86 have been removed, and other architectures get their own category for any future expansion).

For the remaining topics: BIOS goes to X86 (possibly renamed as X86 BIOS) Text UI goes to OS Theory. ACPI and APM are a bit doubtful.

suggestions welcome

- Combuster 06:28, 20 January 2007 (CST)

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