From 2a0ee11d2d52e2f0c5735604edacea3317f014da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Marcus Brinkmann Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 14:40:44 +0000 Subject: Add information about the GNU Mach 1.3 release, and fix link on MiG source code page. --- gnumach.html | 10 +++++++--- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'gnumach.html') diff --git a/gnumach.html b/gnumach.html index 78826e41..749c9ba8 100644 --- a/gnumach.html +++ b/gnumach.html @@ -111,15 +111,19 @@ multi-server operating system, the Hurd.

Status of the project

+GNU Mach 1.3 was released in May 2002, and features advanced boot +script support, support for large disks (>= 10GB) and an improved +console. +

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. +2.0.x version, and a new version of GNU Mach based on the OSKit +library is being worked on, which uses newer drivers and in general +has cleaner machine specific support code. -- cgit v1.2.3