Re: What is the standard microkernel?

Andreas Grapentin <[email protected]> Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:38:35 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.os.hurd.l4
Message-ID <[email protected]>
FWIW, last year I did compile the Hurd on L4, so it=E2=80=99s still =
possible to play around with.

-A

> On 20. Jan 2023, at 15:35, Richard Braun <[email protected]> wrote:
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> On Fri, Jan 20, 2023 at 08:40:53AM +0000, Dr. Bas Wijnen wrote:
>> This project has been dead for years, so I'm not sure if anyone is =
still
>> reading this list. I still think it would be cool to have a GNU =
system running
>> on a microkernel, but there clearly isn't enough motivation in the =
community to
>> make it happen. (We tried, but didn't get it working well enough to =
make it
>> usable; now for a long time nobody has even been trying.)
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>> So while I wish you luck with your project (it sounds like fun!), I =
don't think
>> people on this list can give you much advice about it. I'm guessing =
lots of us
>> aren't even subscribed anymore.
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>> So for advice, I'm afraid you'll need to look elsewhere.
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> Hello,
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> I'm sure people still read this list, as I do, but there isn't much to
> say. There is no standard kernel. The de-facto standard is GNU Mach
> because it's the only one in use, the only one people really work on
> that we know of. And that's it.
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> For more, this project would have to be revived.
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> --=20
> Richard Braun
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