Linux on Mach 3.0 microkernel?

Peter (peter@udgaard.isgtec.com)
Wed, 14 Feb 1996 22:46:18 -0500


I just read on the following URL,

http://www.mklinux.apple.com/

that Apple will fund OSF to port Linux to the PowerPC Mac's using the Mach 3.0
microkernel.

I would then like to know if someone here on the kernel list could tell me where
to look for something about that (pointers to good places, short descriptions
or whatnot) as I'm having a little trouble to figure out how to change an
already _existing_ OS kernel to be on top of a so called microkernel? Why not
instead design and build a new kernel for that purpose? Why choose Linux when
Linux for example already _is_ pretty portable (apparently this is an issue
with microkernels?), which is proven practically :-)

Just curious,

Peter

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