Re: Hurd direction

[Farid Hajji]

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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