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Just for clarity, I am currently working on an MkLinux box (actually two), which uses the osfmach microkernel, and a linux server. Getting Coda to run on these machines will be more of a challange than LinuxPPC, which uses a straight ahead Linux kernel (with source more readily available/stable), and is not in quite the same state of flux that MkLinux is in (or Coda for that matter!). Additionally, I personally am much more familiar with the Linux kernel, and am just really learning about the microkernel 'architecture'. I decided to try to get Coda running on Mklinux first because it was more of a challenge, and I think getting it up and running on LinuxPPC will be much easier with the lessons learned from Mk behind me(us). Thanks for the help, Anthony >Hi Timothy, > >Anthony is also working on the PPC port and I think he has made pretty >good progress. The major two obstacles I see are > >1. 5 lines of assembly code in lib-src/mlwp >2. some tuning of mmap parameters. > >I don't think that compiling the kernel code should give you any problems >at all. > >If the two of you team up this could be working pretty soon. We don't >have any Linux MK boxes, but of course we can probably help by looking at >your problems remotely. > >- Peter - >Received on 1998-07-29 10:47:33