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diff --git a/doc/hurd.texi b/doc/hurd.texi index d24396c8..7857292f 100644 --- a/doc/hurd.texi +++ b/doc/hurd.texi @@ -842,7 +842,6 @@ the rest of the Hurd relies upon them quite heavily. @menu * Threads Library:: Every Hurd server and library is multithreaded. -* Microkernel Object Library:: The Microkernel Object Model (MOM). * Ports Library:: Managing server port receive rights. * Integer Hash Library:: Integer-keyed hash tables. * Misc Library:: Things that soon will be in the GNU C library. @@ -875,33 +874,6 @@ library) is completely thread-safe, and the Hurd servers themselves are aggressively multithreaded. -@node Microkernel Object Library -@section Microkernel Object Library -@scindex libmom -@scindex mom.h - -A commonly asked question is whether the Hurd has been ported to the -Open Group's version of the Mach microkernel. The answer is ``no''. - -Currently (April 1998), the Hurd is quite dependent on the GNU Mach -microkernel, which is a derivative of the University of Utah's Mach 4. -However, the Hurd developers are all too aware of the limitations of -Mach. - -@cindex MOM -@cindex Microkernel Object Model -@code{libmom} is the first of several steps that need to be taken in -order to make the Hurd portable to other message-passing microkernels. -@dfn{MOM} stands for @dfn{Microkernel Object Model}, and is an -abstraction of the basic services provided by common message-passing -microkernels. It will provide the necessary insulation so that Hurd -servers and the C library can avoid making microkernel-dependent kernel -calls. - -At the present, though, @code{libmom} is still evolving, and will take -some time to be fully incorporated into the Hurd. - - @node Ports Library @section Ports Library @scindex libports |