On Wed, May 17, 2006 at 03:26:31PM +0300, Constantine Kousoulos wrote: > Hello hurders, > > I would like to work on the GNU Mach microkernel in the direction of its > improvement/stabilization. > > 2)Update-rewrite the device driver glue code in GNU Mach: What are the main > problems with the current glue code? The main issue here is simply enhance > driver support for Mach or something else too that i'm not aware of?
The main problem, as I understand it, is that the current glue code allows using old linux drivers only, while we would like to use newer ones as well. Newer drivers require a newer interface with kernel components too, which means updating the glue code to match new linux drivers (2.6 ones I guess). > In addition, the GNU Mach Revival Project seems to be interested in similar > things with the above. Their web page at the wiki is a few months old, so > if there is something new about what they are working on, i would like to > know. I'm not sure there is something new but, stabilizing GNU Mach, tracking why it freezes "randomly" (I guess it's not *that* random), is definitely a good starting point for anyone who really wants to take part in this revival project, which I hope will give good results :-). Improving the VM usage for better IPC performance is also one of the goals which would really matter for the Hurd. -- Richard Braun
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