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Instead of attempting a [[history/port_to_another_microkernel]], or writing an
own one, an implementation of a Hurd system could use another existing
operating system/kernel, like [[UNIX]], for example, the Linux kernel. This is
not a [[microkernel]], but that is not an inherent hindrance; depending on what
the goals are.
There has been an attempt for building a [[Mach_on_top_of_POSIX]].
# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2012-02-08
Richard's X-15 Mach re-implementation:
<braunr> and in case you didn't notice, it's stalled
<braunr> actually i don't intend to work on it for the time being
<braunr> i'd rather do as neal suggested: take linux, strip it, and give it
a mach interface
<braunr> (if your goal really is to get something usable for real world
tasks)
<antrik> braunr: why would you want to strip down Linux? I think one of the
major benefits of building a Linux-Frankenmach would be the ability to
use standard Linux functionality alongside Hurd...
<braunr> we could have a linux x86_64 based mach replacement in "little"
time, with a compatible i386 interface for the hurd
<braunr> antrik: well, many of the vfs and network subsystems would be hard
to use
<antrik> BTW, one of the talks at FOSDEM was about the possibility of using
different kernels for Genode, and pariticularily focused on the
possibilities with using Linux... unfortunately, I wasn't able to follow
the whole talk; but they mentioned similar possibilities to what I'm
envisioning here :-)
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