ANNOUNCE: L4Env version 0.1

[Farid Hajji]

> > > It might be fine
> > > for NETBSD / L4 if the servers provided within L4 Env are GPLed but if the
> > > interfaces to them are not.
> > 
> > As for NetBSD/L4: don't expect GPLed code to make it in the tree.
> > It wouldn't (and shouldn't) happen.
> 
> Is there any special reason for using L4Env as the foundation of a
> NetBSD port? L4Linux was written before we even started to think about
> L4Env so you should be able to port NetBSD based on the interfaces
> provided by the L4. 

No, there's no special reason to use L4Env directly.
It is not really critical, since the X.2 (V4) API, as
implemented in L4Ka::Pistachio would be enough for a
new (Pseudo-)architecture in NetBSD. The port would
look somewhat like L4Linux too.

Anyway, L4Env would have been an interesting abstraction
layer besides the clean MI/MD separation in NetBSD...
Don't bother: not using L4Env in this particular context
is not a show-stopper.

Many thanks,

-FH.


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