Re: Microkernel Q

2001-06-07 Thread B. Douglas Hilton
After researching this, and from some responses that I have recieved on this, I agree that it would be a rather pointless and also monumental task to accomplish this. My time would be much better spent adding more comments to the Mach sources and just working with them. And so that's what I'm d

Re: Microkernel Q

2001-06-07 Thread Niels Möller
"B. Douglas Hilton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I am thinking that the Mach uKernel is severely hampering > the Hurd project. As lond as Hurd only relies on mach.h it > would be very effective to rewrite oskit-mach in Ada. I don't think rewriting any or all pieces in a different language would

Re: Microkernel Q

2001-06-03 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Sat, Jun 02, 2001 at 11:45:51PM -0400, B. Douglas Hilton wrote: > If I could provide a mach.h and a MIG for a kernel written > in Ada, would it be possible to rebuild Hurd for it? If you have come so far, it will be a piece of cake for you to find out if that works, and we will be interested to

Microkernel Q

2001-06-02 Thread B. Douglas Hilton
I am thinking that the Mach uKernel is severely hampering the Hurd project. As lond as Hurd only relies on mach.h it would be very effective to rewrite oskit-mach in Ada. Why do I suggest this? Because I am an experienced C programmer and I really am lost with the Mach sources. I'm sorry bu