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Re: Hurd direction
From: |
Farid Hajji |
Subject: |
Re: Hurd direction |
Date: |
Tue, 17 Jul 2001 21:35:33 +0200 |
Hi Wolfgang,
> http://www.adhocinc.com/hurd/Learning-Hurd-HOWTO.html says:
>
> "The next release of the Hurd (0.3) will be the last of the GNUMach
> microkernel, with later releases being based on L4 and possibly other
> microkernels."
>
> Is this correct?
Hmmm... that seems overoptimistic right now. The Hurd is very closely
tied to Mach at the moment. Porting it to other uKernels like say, L4,
would require IMHO a total redesign of some crucial parts. This looks
more like a 0.x to 1.x (or even 1.x -> 2.x) transition!
Of course, I don't mean a Hurd/Mach-Emulation/L4 port or something
like this, but a true Hurd/L4 or Hurd/<some_other_uKernel> port.
This said, I have no idea about the FSF's policy w.r.t. bumping version
numbers of the Hurd.
Regards,
-Farid.
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