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-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 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
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ 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]]."]]"""]]
+
# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-05-22
<silver_hook> Since apparently Hurd's aim is a very stable and transparent
@@ -59,3 +60,6 @@ License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
<antrik> the Hurd doesn't almost work for anyone
<antrik> actually, you should probably reread the whole paper. it's
essentially an analysis why the Hurd failed compared to Linux
+
+
+# [[open_issues/mission_statement]]
diff --git a/faq/which_microkernel/discussion.mdwn b/faq/which_microkernel/discussion.mdwn
index 7ea131e9..ffdc6720 100644
--- a/faq/which_microkernel/discussion.mdwn
+++ b/faq/which_microkernel/discussion.mdwn
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2011, 2012 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
@@ -50,13 +50,15 @@ All in all, I still think my text was better. If you have any conerns with it,
please discuss them...
-# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-09-27
+# seL4
+
+## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-09-27
<cjuner> Does anyone remember/know if/why not seL4 was considered for
hurd-l4? Is anyone aware of any differences between seL4 and coyotos?
-## 2011-09-28
+## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2011-09-29
<antrik> cjuner: the seL4 project was only at the beginning when the
decision was made. so was Coyotos, but Shapiro promised back then that
@@ -92,3 +94,27 @@ please discuss them...
matters to take away anything useful from more detail ;-) )
<antrik> I could try to explain the issues I mentioned for Coyotos (as far
as I understand them), but would that really help you?
+
+
+# Xnu (Darwin)
+
+
+## IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-03-30
+
+ <mel__> did people consider to port Hurd to Darwin? i.e. replace GNU Mach
+ with Darwin?
+ <braunr> no
+ <braunr> well, quickly only
+ <mel__> wouldn't it be a reasonable idea?
+ <mel__> after all, Darwin is production-ready and contains a Mach side.
+ <braunr> not more than fixing gnumach itself, or using linux instead
+ <mel__> well.
+ <braunr> those implementations have diverged with time
+ <mel__> i see
+ <mel__> the fsf should pay people for fixing gnu mach then. :)
+ <antrik> mel__: indeed someone consided Xnu (the actual kernel of Darwin) a
+ while back; but I think he shelved the idea again. not sure about the
+ exact reasons
+ <antrik> Xnu implements a few improvements that might be helpful; but it
+ doesn't address the really fundamental issues that matter for a true
+ multiserver system...