Hi! >>>>> Falk Hueffner writes:
FH> Hi, I have now acces to an Alpha 164SX system, and would like to FH> know if it would be possible to have a Hurd based GNU/Linux FH> running on it. [For future reference: since such a system doesn't use the Linux kernel, we simply call it ``GNU''.] Yes, that most definitely is possible. The major requirements would be to port GNU Mach, then the GNU C library (which should be quite easy, given that it already works on Alpha Linux), then finally the Hurd libthreads. FH> I know the Mach kernel should be easy to port in theory... I am not a kernel hacker, so I won't claim that it's ``easy'', but I do know that it should be made easier because of all the other free kernels that have been ported to the Alpha. If you have serious interest in attempting a new port, please declare your intentions to [email protected], so that the Hurd and GNU Mach people know what you're doing. Good luck, -- Gordon Matzigkeit <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> //\ I'm a FIG (http://www.fig.org/) Lovers of freedom, unite! \// I use GNU (http://www.gnu.org/)
