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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 -Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, +2009 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 @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ in the *unstable* branch of the Debian archive. * [[What_Is_the_GNU_Hurd]] - A Brief Description * [[Advantages]] * [[History]] + * [[history/Port_to_L4]] * [[Logo]] * [[Status]] * [[KnownHurdLimits]] diff --git a/hurd/faq/l4.mdwn b/hurd/faq/l4.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 185c713a..00000000 --- a/hurd/faq/l4.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,24 +0,0 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008 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]]."]]"""]] - -[[meta title="Why is there no information on the official website about the -Hurd port to L4 (Hurd/L4)?"]] - -There is an ongoing effort to port the Hurd to the L4 microkernel family. This -will take time and the port is not in a releasable state -- this is why there -is no information about the L4 port on the website for the Hurd project -<http://www.gnu.org/software/hurd> other than this FAQ entry. - -The development of Hurd/L4 is being done in the `hurd-l4` module of the Hurd -CVS repository. The `doc` directory contains a design document that is worth -reading for anyone who wishes to learn more about Hurd/L4. If you wish to -follow the development or contribute patches to Hurd/L4, please subscribe to -the [[mailing_lists/l4-hurd]] mailing list. diff --git a/hurd/history.mdwn b/hurd/history.mdwn index e749136f..58a75927 100644 --- a/hurd/history.mdwn +++ b/hurd/history.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[meta copyright="Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008 Free Software -Foundation, Inc."]] +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2009 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 @@ -85,3 +85,7 @@ mailing lists. * [History 1997-2003](http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/l4-hurd/2005-10/msg00718.html) -- personal view of Marcus Brinkmann about Hurd development in 1997-2003. + +--- + + * [[Port_to_L4]] diff --git a/hurd/history/port_to_l4.mdwn b/hurd/history/port_to_l4.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..6504f1b5 --- /dev/null +++ b/hurd/history/port_to_l4.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +[[meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[meta title="Porting the Hurd to L4: Hurd/L4"]] + +There was an effort to port the Hurd from [[microkernel/Mach]] to the +[[L4_microkernel_family|microkernel/L4]], mostly lead by Marcus Brinkmann and +Neal Walfield. Even though there was progress, this port never reached a +releasable state. Eventually, a straight-forward port of the original Hurd's +design wasn't deemed feasible anymore by the developers. Read the [[critique]] +and a [[ng/position_paper]]. + +By now, the development of Hurd/L4 has stopped. However, Neal Walfield moved +on to working on a newly designed kernel called [[microkernel/viengoos]]. + + +Development was done in the `hurd-l4` module of the Hurd CVS repository. The +`doc` directory contains a design document that is worth reading for anyone who +wishes to learn more about Hurd/L4. Discussion have been held on the +[[mailing_lists/l4-hurd]] mailing list, which is still the right place for +[[next-generation_Hurd|ng]] discussions. |