Hello,
On Mon, Feb 01, 2021 at 07:16:58AM +0000, cigar562hfsp952f...@icebubble.org
wrote:
> Anthony Sorace <a...@9srv.net> writes:
>
> > Hello! After a few years away, we?ll be applying to Google?s Summer of Code
> > program again this year.
>
> ...
>
> > 1. Project ideas. One of the key parts of the application is the
> > project ideas page. If you?ve got ideas that seem like they?d be a
>
> Plan 9-related:
>
> (1) Porting the Plan 9 kernel to a microkernel architecture, such as
> Mach. This would give Plan 9 instant access to the whole range of
> hardware supported by the underlying microkernel.
>
No. One should re-read the initial papers about Plan9. When Plan9 was
designed, microkernels were "fashionable". If one reads carefully the
paper, it's clear that there is a pun intended against microkernels that
didn't achieve what they were supposed to do---disastrous efficiency
leading to the rewrite of the microkernels as assembly---a very low
signal/noise ratio. And a hint: "micro" kernels are usually _huge_, a
clear sign that something went wrong.
As drivers are concerned, there was once a kit supposed to give a wide
range of kernels, drivers code---I don't know where it is now; I suppose
it has vanished. And now probably UEFI drivers is a "better than nothing"
solution.
My 2 cents,
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