#1284 Re: [osFree] Re: Kernel selected?
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Tom Lee Mullins
Oct 6, 2005
pinoozzyid wrote:
> --- In
osFree@yahoogroups.com, "Tom Lee Mullins" <tomleem@c...> wrote:
> > "
> > Kernel selected. It is L4 Microkernel [3].
> > Most probably ReactOS will be ported to L4
> > also (things happen). As result we can have
> > 'Virtual drivers' like from L4Linux [4].
> > "
> >
> > Does anyone know more about this kernel?
> > Is it a good kernel to base OSFree on?
> >
> >
http://l4ka.org/
> >
> >
http://l4ka.org/projects/virtualization/drivers.php
> >
> > TomLeeM
>
> Good, I voted for this kernel. L4 is a second generation of
> microkernels and there are a lot of spin offs of this kernel. One of
> them is Pisttachio. I have it running under VPC on OS/2 and I really
> believe it's a good alternative.
> Virtual drivers are a must. There should be a kernel level subsystem
> to handle a emulation layer of todays drivers under x86 platform.
> There should be another I/O subsystem to support a new drivers model
> much like the I/O kit under MacOS X so new drivers can be written in C
> or C++ and the ASM code is small and portable to other platforms.
> Maybe one day we will have OS/2 working under PPC again, although
> after Apple's move I have serious doubts about the commercial future
> of PPCs procesors.
>
> I guess there is someone already working on this port (OS/3). There
> are groups working on a Linux over L4 and Windows over L4.
>
> Leonardo Pino
>
>
>
Thanks for the information. It will be interesting to
find out who is working 'os/3'.
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