From 238c43499c4e08562024c3ef59e50aa365b5f1b2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2010 14:26:40 +0100 Subject: Some bits about L4 and Coyotos. --- microkernel/l4.mdwn | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+) create mode 100644 microkernel/l4.mdwn (limited to 'microkernel/l4.mdwn') diff --git a/microkernel/l4.mdwn b/microkernel/l4.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..970407be --- /dev/null +++ b/microkernel/l4.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010 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]]."]]"""]] + +The [*L4* microkernel](http://l4ka.org/) is an attempt to create a very small +high performace core which provides basic memory management, task and context +switching, and little else. + +[L4Ka Pistachio Home](http://l4ka.org/projects/pistachio/). + +See [l4.verified](http://nicta.com.au/research/projects/l4.verified) for work +on formally verifying an L4 microkernel. + +There was a GNU/Hurd [[history/port_to_L4]], which is now stalled. -- cgit v1.2.3