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diff --git a/hurd/ng.mdwn b/hurd/ng.mdwn index 25677414..021f5723 100644 --- a/hurd/ng.mdwn +++ b/hurd/ng.mdwn @@ -1,19 +1,11 @@ -There is an effort to create a completely new system design (for now called -ngHurd, or Hurd-ng or HurdNG), which originated from the Hurd/L4 port. - -The original Hurd/L4, which was meant to be mostly a direct port of the -existing Hurd design to a new microkernel, has been abandoned by it's main -developers, because some technical issues with the L4 Pistachio kernel turned -out to be very fundamental. While reeveluating the design (and upcoming new L4 -variants), the developers picked up some new ideas, and decided that now they -rather want to work on a completely different design, which combines some of -the original Hurd ideas with concepts from Jonathan Shapiro's high security -EROS and Coyotos systems. - -There has been numerous endless discussions on the -[[l4-hurd_mailing_list|mailinglists]] about these new ideas. This page tries to -sum up the major discussions. +Hurd-ng is an effort to build a new operating system that preserves +the main design goals of the Hurd while fixing some of the Hurd's +shortcomings. There is not yet an official roadmap or a concrete +specification; indeed, much of the work is research oriented. +These pages try to summarize the major discussions and ideas. + +* [[History]] # Why ngHurd |