On 24 May 2011 12:54, Connor Lane Smith <c...@lubutu.com> wrote: > On 24 May 2011 11:45, Pierre Chapuis <catw...@archlinux.us> wrote: >> If you push that to the extreme you want to understand how the kernel >> works too. So you should make sure those tools work on Minix3 so that >> you can achieve "big picture" understanding. > > Fair point, though since we're pushing for a POSIX subset they ought > to work on Minix fine. I'll check at some point. > >> I don't understand why so few people on this list are interested in >> Minix3. ~5k LOC for a POSIX-compatible kernel that can run most of >> the software you need on a Unix box sounds nice to me. > > I'm secretly very fond of Minix. I remember getting a negative > reaction to it from the Plan 9 folks so I've not bothered to bring it > up since. But a tiny POSIX microkernel? Win. I've read a bunch of > Tanenbaum's books, too... > > Only problem is hardware support. Ain't that always the way?
If you want to go that route, I suggest to build the hardware yourself as well, here is a brilliant guy who did it a couple of years ago: http://www.homebrewcpu.com/ Cheers, Anselm
