Mach/Minix/Linux/Gnu etc.
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Mach/Minix/Linux/Gnu etc.
Well, this has been a fun discussion. I am absolutely convinced by
Prof. Tannenbaum that a micro-kernel _is_ the way to go, but the more
I look at the Minix source, the less I believe that it is a
micro-kernel. I would probably not bother porting Linux to the
M68000, but I want more services than Minix can offer.
What about a micro-kernel which is message/syscall compatible with
MACH? It doesn't actually have to do everything that MACH does, like
virtual memory paging -- it just has to _look_ like MACH from the
outside, to fool programs like the future Gnu Unix-emulator, BSD, etc.
This would extend the useful lives of our M68000- or 80286-based
machines for a little longer. In the meantime, I will probably stay
with Minix for my ST rather than switching back to MiNT -- after all,
Minix at least looks like Unix, while MiNT looks like TOS trying to
look like Unix (it has to, to be TOS compatible).
David
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David Megginson meggin@epas.utoronto.ca
Centre for Medieval Studies david@doe.utoronto.ca
University of Toronto 39 Queen's Park Cr. E.
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