A niche for the Hurd

2008-10-20 Thread Arne Babenhauserheide
Hi, Currently I know the Hurd as a nice and working concept, but I'd like it to spread, and for this it needs a niche. Is there already a niche where the Hurd is the best of all systems? For that I'd like to organize a small brainstorm - just write down some usages where the Hurd could be o

Re: A niche for the Hurd

2008-10-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Arne Babenhauserheide, le Mon 20 Oct 2008 10:17:10 +0200, a écrit : > Niches for the Hurd: > > - Tinkerers who like its design. - Give back power to users: arbitrary mounts, subhurds - Nice features: dpkg -iO ftp://foo/bar/*.deb Samuel

gnumach dde.o not linked in gnumach

2008-10-20 Thread Shakthi Kannan
Hi, I am trying to compile a new file (dde.c) in gnumach-1-branch. I have added the following to configfrag.ac in the top-level directory: === configfrag.ac === AC_ARG_ENABLE([dde], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-dde], [enable use of DDE])) [if [ x"$enable_dde" = xyes ]; then] AC_DEFINE([MACH_DDE]

Re: gnumach dde.o not linked in gnumach

2008-10-20 Thread Samuel Thibault
Shakthi Kannan, le Mon 20 Oct 2008 20:22:19 +0530, a écrit : > === nm libkernel.a | grep dde === > > dde.o: > T dde_init > > === END === > > But, it doesn't get loaded to gnumach: > > $ nm gnumach | grep dde > $ > > The object module needs to be added to some loader variable? Re

Re: A niche for the Hurd

2008-10-20 Thread Thomas Thurman
2008/10/20 Arne Babenhauserheide <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'll begin with an idea for the brainstorm. Please add yours. > - All-in-one out-of-the-box distro running a webserver for crash-proof operation. T

Re: A niche for the Hurd

2008-10-20 Thread Matthew Ayres
Hi, I know none of you know me but I thought I'd add my tuppence. I would like to see the Hurd focusing on multi-core systems. I see it introducing load management capabilities unseen anywhere else (with different modes for economy and performance). It seems like the obvious way to use a microke