Strangely enough, this port may not be all that difficult. I have pondered it over myself from time to time.
The most critical part of Hurd is currently the microkernel. Hurd typically depends on a compatible Mach. I am not overly knowledgable about OS/X and Darwin, but AFAIK MkLinux uses some kind of Mach microkernel. If you have a powerpc machine which can run MkLinux, then this would be your springboard to Hurd. Use the MkLinux microkernel as your start point, and compile up "the Hurd", and then your base c-libraries, linking against Mach and Hurd instead of Linux. Then, using lots of black magic, make some kind of --host=powerpc-linux --target=powerpc-gnu gcc cross compiler. Finally, using this new compiler reiterate the process until it actually begins to work? These are my guesses. I'm sure some of the more senior Hurd'ers have more information on how to bootstrap compile the OS. The microkernel is a critical part, and it is very possible that the MkLinux version of Mach would work with some modification. I think it would be bigger than a one-man project and you'd need to recruit some helpers. BTW, I just foolishly bid on a RS/6000-42T on Yahoo :-) I know darn well that micro-channel will never work with anything except AIX, but it does have a Powerdisplay 20 bundled. What was I thinking? I need to save my dough for one of those Zaurus SL-5500 toys... Oh well. My first experience ever with unix was a RS/6000 at Penn State back in 1990. When Linux appeared in '92 I was on it like flys on $h!t :-) Cheers! Arlo le Rouge wrote: > Hi > > I have a question : is there a port of the Hurd on powerpc ? Does > someone ever tried to run Hurd on a ppc ? If not, is there something I > can do to help... I've heard of such a port several months ago, but > today I can't find a thing about this. > > J�r�mie > > _______________________________________________ > Help-hurd mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd > _______________________________________________ Help-hurd mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-hurd
