From 1c817dcb71616bec9682861f49e568773e5285a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcus Brinkmann Date: Sat, 6 Oct 2001 22:50:31 +0000 Subject: gnumach-doc: New directory. In that directory: Makefile, fdl.texi, gpl.texi, mach.html, mach.ps, mach.texi, mach_1.html, mach_10.html, mach_11.html, mach_12.html, mach_13.html, mach_14.html, mach_15.html, mach_16.html, mach_17.html, mach_2.html, mach_3.html, mach_4.html, mach_5.html, mach_6.html, mach_7.html, mach_8.html, mach_9.html, mach_abt.html, mach_fot.html, mach_ovr.html, mach_toc.html, version.texi: New files. Those contain the source and generated files of the GNU Mach reference manual. gnumach-docs.html, gnumach-download.html, gnumach-install.html, gnumach.html: New files, containing information about gnumach. devel.html, docs.html, download.html, faq-gen.pl, faq.en.html, faq.fr.html, faq.ja.html, help.html, history.html, hurd-talk.html, hurd.html install.html: Add menu entries for the above new files, and some other minor modifications. --- gnumach.html | 156 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 156 insertions(+) create mode 100644 gnumach.html (limited to 'gnumach.html') diff --git a/gnumach.html b/gnumach.html new file mode 100644 index 00000000..bacff9b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/gnumach.html @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ + + + +The GNU Hurd - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation (FSF) + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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+The GNU Hurd
+ 
+Documentation
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+GNU Mach
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+Documentation
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Table of Contents

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+

+ +

Introduction to GNU Mach

+

+GNU Mach is the microkernel of the GNU system. A microkernel provides +only a limited functionality, just enough abstraction on top of the +hardware to run the rest of the operating system in user space. The +GNU Hurd servers implement the POSIX compatible base of the GNU system +on top of the microkernel architecture provided by Mach. +

+Currently, GNU Mach runs on IA32 machines. GNU Mach should, and +probably will, be ported to other hardware architectures or other +microkernels in the future. Mach was ported to many operating systems +in the past. +

+GNU Mach is maintained by the Hurd developers for the GNU project. If +you need help with GNU Mach or want to contribute to the development +of the microkernel, you should contact the Hurd people. + +

Advantages of GNU Mach

+GNU Mach is not the most advanced microkernel known to the planet, nor +is it the fastest or smallest, but it has a rich set of interfaces and +some features which make it useful as the base of the Hurd system. +
+
it's free software
+
+Anybody can use, modify, and redistribute it under the terms of the +GNU General Public License (GPL).
+ +
it's built to survive
+
+As a microkernel, GNU Mach doesn't implement a lot of the features +commonly found in an operating system, but only the bare minimum that +is required to implement a full operating system on top of it. This +means that a lot of the operating system code is maintained outside of +GNU Mach, and while this code may go through a complete redesign, the +code of the microkernel can remain comparatively stable. +
+
it's scalable
+
+Mach is particularly well suited for SMP and network cluster +techniques. Thread support is provided at the kernel level, and the +kernel itself takes advantage of that. Network transparency at the +IPC level makes resources of the system available across machine +boundaries (with NORMA IPC, currently not available in GNU Mach). +
+
it exists
+
+The Mach microkernel is real software that works Right Now. It is not +a research or a proposal. You don't have to wait at all before you +can start using and developing it. Mach has been used in many +operating systems in the past, usually as the base for a single UNIX +server. In the GNU system, Mach is the base of a functional +multi-server operating system, the Hurd. +
+
+ +

Status of the project

+

+GNU Mach is used as the default microkernel in the GNU/Hurd system. +It is compatible with other popular Mach distributions. The device +drivers for block devices and network cards are taken from Linux 2.0.x +kernel versions, and so a broad range of common hardware is supported. +

+However, the Linux device drivers have been improved greatly since the +2.0.x version, and a new version of Mach based on the OSKit library is +being worked on, which uses newer drivers and in general has cleaner +machine specific support code. +

+ +
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+ +Please send FSF & GNU inquiries & questions to + +gnu@gnu.org. +There are also other ways to +contact the FSF. +

+ +Please send comments on these web pages to + +web-hurd@gnu.org, +send other questions to +gnu@gnu.org. +

+Copyright (C) 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc., +59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111, USA +

+Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is +permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. +

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