Critics on L4 (NOT Re: shared memory Beispiel?)

[Adam Lackorzynski]

On Fri Sep 02, 2005 at 15:51:03 +1000, Gernot Heiser wrote:
> >>>>> On Fri, 02 Sep 2005 09:36:06 +1000, Daniel Potts <danielp at cse.unsw.edu.au> said:
> DP> On Fri, 2005-09-02 at 09:23 +1000, Benno wrote:
> >> On Fri Sep 02, 2005 at 01:13:40 +0200, Adam Lackorzynski wrote:
> >> >On Wed Aug 31, 2005 at 21:00:16 +0800, yuan Darwin-r62832 wrote:
> >> >> >When those features are going to be implemented?
> >> >> >
> >> >> Fiasco implements IO Flexpages. Neither Redirectors nor Clans and Chiefs 
> >> >> are currently implemented in Fiasco and probably never will. I cannot 
> >> >> speak for plans regarding Pistachio.
> >> >> 
> >> >> [Darwin Yuan] I didn't read the source code of Fiasco. However, from
> >> >> the documents I got from its website, I found that Clans & Chiefs was
> >> >> implemented in its kernel ( It might be removed now). But I don't
> >> >
> >> >C&C were never implemented, and will never be, in any kernel.
> >> 
> >> Thats not entirely true. L4/Mips from UNSW had C&C implemented in it.
> 
> DP> L4/Alpha too :)
> 
> And just for completeness sake: redirectors are implemented at
> NICTA/UNSW in an experimental version aimed at embedded systems. That
> version isn't released (but feel free to contact us if you want to
> know more).


Thanks for the insight!



Adam
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