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@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@ +-*- Text -*- +This is the GNU mach 0.1 distribution. + +This kernel is derived from the Utah kernel source. We use it to run +the Hurd on. It is being distributed by us so that we can more easily +modify the source, and so that it will work with the normal GNU coding +standards and Makefile conventions. + +libmach, bootloaders, default pagers, and the like are not part of +this distribution. For libraries, we refer you to the GNU C library, +which has Mach support. For bootloaders, we refer you to GRUB. (This +kernel can be loaded by any bootloader that uses the multiboot +standard.) For default pagers, we refer you to your particular system +that you will run on top of Mach. The upcoming Hurd distribution +(version 0.2) will contain the code that used to be in the Utah kernel +distributions for doing the work of the default pager. + +The interface generator `MiG' is still part of this distribution. +Perhaps at some later point it will be split out, as it surely should +be. + +Generic installation instructions may be found in the file INSTALL. + +By default, you get a kernel with no device drivers for disks and +network devices. This is not what you want! Examine the file +`README-Drivers' in the directory for the machine type your kernel is +on (e.g., `i386/README-Drivers') for a list of configure --enable +switches. Give the appropriate set for your hardware. It is +generally safe to specify switches for hardware you don't have; in +this way you can build kernels that work on different physical machine +set ups. + +The specific switches you give to configure are always recorded in the +file `config.status'. So you can always tell what options you used to +build a particular kernel. + + |