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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. |