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Subject: Linux and Mac together (Was: Re: mac-on-linux project status)
From: marsmail () globegate ! utm ! edu (David A ! Gatwood)
Date: 1999-01-25 15:47:34
Message-ID: Pine.LNX.3.96.990125094415.17040D-100000 () globegate ! utm ! edu
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On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Ken Roberts wrote:
> >> Maybe I am just not understanding this but if both MkLinux and OS X run on
> >> top of the Mach microkernel, could they both be running simultaneously? If
> >
> >In principle, yes, Mach is capable of running multiple server operating
> >systems at the same time. I have no idea what's involved in making this
> >happen, but supposedly one of the advantges of a microkernel-based Linux
>
> this was explained to the mklinux list quite some time back. i believe
> this will not work because mklinux and osx use different versions of the
> mach kernel.
>
> from what i remember, mklinux uses a more recent kernel than the
> official apple stuff. the interfaces are different enough so that the
> two worlds are incompatible.
MkLinux uses a more modern Mach than OS X server, yes. It uses a very
similar kernel to what OS X final is expected to use, though. I like to
think there are always possibilities. I won't be certain whether there's
any porting potential or not until OS X is released, though.
Later,
David
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