Re: Portability of the Hurd (or: Using other Mach Kernels)

2000-08-23 Thread Farid Hajji
Hello Marcus, > >2. There are other Mach implementations besides gnumach with a > > richer or different set of features. Besides using the Hurd > > as main OS-Server on top of those Mach(s), one could also use > > the Hurd as 2nd OS-Server, in

Re: Portability of the Hurd (or: Using other Mach Kernels)

2000-08-22 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 01:59:58AM +0200, Marcus Brinkmann wrote: > >3. Integrating the latest version of the Linux device drivers > > to the Hurd should be further investigated, > > probably by moving them into user-land.] > > I think this is orthogonal to

Re: Portability of the Hurd (or: Using other Mach Kernels)

2000-08-22 Thread Marcus Brinkmann
Hi Farid, without wanting to harm the essential message of your mail, I have two comments. On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 12:49:37AM +0200, Farid Hajji wrote: >2. There are other Mach implementations besides gnumach with a > richer or different set of features. Besides using t

Portability of the Hurd (or: Using other Mach Kernels)

2000-08-22 Thread Farid Hajji
Abstract: [1. Keep the Hurd interface(s) to Mach as portable as possible, so that most/each Mach implementation can be used. 2. There are other Mach implementations besides gnumach with a richer or different set of features. Besides using the Hurd