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| author | Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> | 2010-01-31 18:32:43 +0100 |
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| committer | Arne Babenhauserheide <arne_bab@web.de> | 2010-01-31 18:32:43 +0100 |
| commit | e39707e314af620d125f2202e7ba9a9fb2b8d52f (patch) | |
| tree | 227607efe818909f362fe0fa546e2c55026a3e7a /news | |
| parent | 76361b9ef2a3e98f1bb73fe5a208804e24d6d382 (diff) | |
news: added thesis by cfhammar.
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diff --git a/news/2010-01-31.mdwn b/news/2010-01-31.mdwn index 713502c0..2a38b31e 100644 --- a/news/2010-01-31.mdwn +++ b/news/2010-01-31.mdwn @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] [[!meta updated="2010-01-31 00:00 UTC"]] -A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd*, *FOSDEM preparations* and **. +A month of the Hurd: *Arch Hurd*, *FOSDEM preparations* and a *thesis on mobile Hurd objects*. [[!if test="included()" then="""[[!toggle id=full_news text="Details."]][[!toggleable id=full_news text="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]]""" else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] @@ -32,11 +32,23 @@ else="[[!paste id=full_news]]"]] > *Why is Anyone Still Working on the GNU Hurd?* (10:30) > and *Porting KGI graphics drivers from Linux to GNU Hurd* (13:00). > -> Mainly thanks to -> -> Additionally -> -> And +> And Carl Fredrik Hammar +> [finished and presented](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-hurd/2010-01/msg00078.html) +> his thesis +> [``Generalizing mobility for the Hurd''](http://users.student.lth.se/cs07fh9/2009-hammar-hurd-mobility.pdf) +> and passed with distinction. Its abstract reads: +> *The GNU Hurd features mobile objects +> in its implementation of filesystem backing stores. +> This thesis investigates the +> limitations and security concerns +> these objects present, +> and how they can be overcome. +> This is done in preparation for new applications +> that feature mobile code and mobile objects. +> In addition, +> one such application is studied and implemented, +> in which mobile code is used to make +> the ioctl system call more extensible.* > """]] |