Re: [elysium-developers] Re: Merging Apostle and Elysium

[Rogelio M. S. Jr. <ro...@ev...>]

ok im joining i'll try to be more active this time

Kasper Verdich Lund wrote:

> > Why the merge?
>
> IMHO we need the few -- but good/active -- developers from the Apostle
> project.
>
> > So how will the micro-kernel be like? Will it have a lower level interface than
> > say mach or fluke?
>
> Much lower -- nothing like Mach or Fluke.
>
> > How exo-ish is it going to be?
>
> It's the current Elysium design. The current design is a 'micro-kernel
> *based* exokernel' -- traditional micro-kernel aims for providing (and
> enforcing) the best/right abstractions - we don't enforce any (at least
> not any that aren't strictly necessary for protection).
>
> > I would rather stick to pure exo-principles. Im an exo nut.
>
> We will stick to pure exo-principles. The design of the 'new' kernel is
> based on 100% pure exo-principles. I'm an exo-nut as well -- and I'm
> sorry for not making that 100% clear in the previous posting.
>
> Let me make this clear once and for all: The Elysium *kernel* will
> change name and become a separate project on SourceForge. The design
> principles will *not* change, and most of the code already written will
> be imported into the new project without modifications. In fact the most
> important change will probably be that we'll be using 'autoconf' and
> 'automake' for the makefiles, and that we'll have a few more developers
> :-).
>
> > As for the code Im taking out my old exokernel code and revive it. I cant
> > continue on developing the Elysium right?
>
> Of course you can :-) You just have to use
>
> cvs -d<something>@cvs.<somethingelse>.sourceforge.net co kernel
>
> instead of
>
> cvs -d<something>@cvs.elysium.sourceforge.net co kernel
>
> I'll keep you posted.
>
> /Kasper
>
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