Hi,
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 12:39:30AM +, Zheng Da wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am quite curious: why did porting to the modern microkernels fail?
Well, it's a long story, and I don't understand all the details myself.
I'll try to give a very rough
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 1:18 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> Last but not least, the question might be: why not drop Mach alltogether
> and instead create a dedicated microkernel for the Hurd? Indeed after
> several failed attempts with porting to existing modern microkernels
> (L4, Coyotos),
Hi,
On Sun, Nov 02, 2008 at 03:05:07PM +, Matthew Ayres wrote:
> No doubt this shows my naivety, but why has GNU never built its own
> replacement for Mach?
Well, I'm not sure what you are asking exactly here. This question can
be answered in several ways...
First of all, you may not be awa
Matthew Ayres, le Sun 02 Nov 2008 15:05:07 +, a écrit :
> No doubt this shows my naivety, but why has GNU never built its own
> replacement for Mach?
Just the same story: GNU used to be mostly userspace stuff. Then the
Hurd servers brought some "kernel"ness, pushing the limit a bit further.
Bu
> > > > I would like to see the Hurd focusing on multi-core systems.
> > >
> > > Mach would need to be SMP-fixed first :)
> >
> > Does that mean the Hurd can't yet be used on multi-core systems?
>
> Hurd yes (though there are probably bugs), Mach no (as the smp code was
> never maintained in the me
Arne Babenhauserheide, le Sun 02 Nov 2008 11:05:26 +0100, a écrit :
> Am Dienstag 21 Oktober 2008 09:44:40 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> > Matthew Ayres, le Mon 20 Oct 2008 17:59:37 +0100, a écrit :
> > > I would like to see the Hurd focusing on multi-core systems.
> >
> > Mach would need to be SMP-fi
Am Dienstag 21 Oktober 2008 09:44:40 schrieb Samuel Thibault:
> Matthew Ayres, le Mon 20 Oct 2008 17:59:37 +0100, a écrit :
> > I would like to see the Hurd focusing on multi-core systems.
>
> Mach would need to be SMP-fixed first :)
Does that mean the Hurd can't yet be used on multi-core systems?
