From 7ee8fdbd4c4e73f075b73a4567734ea4faf8a6e0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 14:56:39 +0100 Subject: news/2011-q3: Make a pass over it and finalize. --- microkernel/mach/gnumach.mdwn | 5 ++++- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'microkernel') diff --git a/microkernel/mach/gnumach.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/gnumach.mdwn index d9ff6535..edd0cfdb 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/gnumach.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/gnumach.mdwn @@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ 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]]."]]"""]] -GNU Mach is the microkernel that the GNU/Hurd system is based on. +GNU Mach is the microkernel upon which a GNU Hurd system is based. It provides +an Inter Process Communication (IPC) mechanism that the Hurd uses to define +interfaces for implementing in a distributed multi-server fashion the services +a traditional operating system kernel provides. It is maintained by the Hurd developers for the GNU project and remains compatible with [[Mach]] 3.0. -- cgit v1.2.3