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diff --git a/Hurd/NextHurd.mdwn b/Hurd/NextHurd.mdwn index 4a28165f..e9dcf135 100644 --- a/Hurd/NextHurd.mdwn +++ b/Hurd/NextHurd.mdwn @@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ There are discussions on the desired features of ngHurd, and discussions about i ## <a name="Subjects"> Subjects </a> +* [[MicroKernelCoyotos]] + ### <a name="Organization"> Organization </a> Summaries should obey the following structure: @@ -17,16 +19,6 @@ Summaries should obey the following structure: Each time a point seems to be overly long with respect to the rest of the article, it should be summarized in place and developed in a separate article. -### <a name="The_Coyotos_microkernel"> The Coyotos microkernel </a> - -[Coyotos](http://www.coyotos.org/index.html) is a microkernel and OS and the successor of EROS, that itself is the successor of KeyKOS. A more complete history can be found [here](http://www.coyotos.org/history.html). It's main objectives are to correcte some shortcomings of EROS, demonstrate that an atomic kernel design scales well and to completely formally verify both the kernel and critical system components by writing them in a new language called bitc. - -Coyotos is an orthogonally persistent pure capability system. It uses continuation based unbuffered asynchronous IPC (actually it's synchronous IPC whith asynchronous syscalls). - -TODO: explain these terms and (more important) their consequences on system design. - -The coyotos microkernel specification can be found [here](http://www.coyotos.org/docs/ukernel/spec.html) - ### <a name="Work_already_done"> Work already done </a> A draft specification of the ngHurd iterfaces by Marcus Brinkmann and Neal H. Walfield can be found [here](http://www.marcus-brinkmann.org/hurd-ng.pdf). NOTE: This is **very early** draft work and cannot be expected to be anything near complete. |