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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-13 17:11:51 +0100 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@schwinge.name> | 2010-12-13 17:11:51 +0100 |
| commit | 2d75167da62e3486836e5f1773e5f1ab06e43fe8 (patch) | |
| tree | e44fc83e0b1419836d1b21652ad1d38b8d0af2c4 /microkernel/viengoos.mdwn | |
| parent | 217998d56f5b6424a685f8c87f2c0e924d1c89da (diff) | |
| parent | 5c5c16e265d8ef56b71f319885f32bf144bdea23 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'master' into external_pager_mechanism
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microkernel/mach/external_pager_mechanism.mdwn
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diff --git a/microkernel/viengoos.mdwn b/microkernel/viengoos.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..66c6ff36 --- /dev/null +++ b/microkernel/viengoos.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 2010 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] + +[[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable +id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this +document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or +any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant +Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +*Viengoos* is a research kernel, designed and written by Neal Walfield. + +As of late 2009, the project is on hold, due to time constraints. + +Viengoos is not really meant to be a successor to [[Mach]]. It is highly +experimental; some of the techniques it employs, in particular, those related +to [[memory_management]] and [[IPC]], are unproven. These were motivated by +[[shortcomings_in_Mach|hurd/critique]] as well as current operating systems. A +research system is unlikely the best base for a product. A better approach is +to view Viengoos as an experimental platform whose goal is to explore solutions +to some of the [[issues_uncovered_by_the_Hurd|challenges]]. Knowledge gained +can then be integrated into something like [[Mach]]. + +The source can be downloaded from the *viengoos.git* repository, cf. +<http://git.savannah.gnu.org/gitweb/?p=hurd/viengoos.git>. You can +check it out using, for example: + + git clone git://git.sv.gnu.org/hurd/viengoos.git + +Then update to viengoos-on-bare-metal + + cd viengoos + git checkout -b viengoos-on-bare-metal origin/viengoos-on-bare-metal + +viengoos-on-bare-metal is the current development focus. + +Discussion should be held on the [[mailing lists/l4-hurd]] mailing list. + + * [[Building]] + * Running + * [[QEMU]] + * [[Hardware]] + * [[Documentation]] + * [[Projects]] |