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Re: Port to PowerPC
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Chris Silva |
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Re: Port to PowerPC |
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Mon, 29 Jan 2001 22:04:15 -0700 |
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>> The only problems are related to writing the PowerPC specific hurd
>> code in the C library (the rest of the PowerPC specific code could be
>> identical to the Linux PowerPC code), and the differences between
>> GNUMach and the version of Mach used by Apple. Some of the interfaces
>> have been changed, I believe the MiG protocols have been changed, and
>> Apple replaced the old Mach device interface with the IOkit.
A few problems that you might not be aware of:
1) Dariwn isn't a micro-kernel.
2) Hurd is a set of servers running on top of a micro-kernel. Currently that
micro-kernel is GNU/Mach.
Port GNU/Mach to ppc.