Re: n-hurd networking

[Thomas Bushnell, BSG]

Simon Law <sfllaw@uwaterloo.ca> writes:

>       Wouldn't it be easier to have the Hurd running closest to the
> hardware, the one on boot, have full control of the network?  Any
> sub-Hurds could be running on a private internal network, and the
> primary Hurd could do NAT.

I wasn't speaking of subhurds, but of collectives.  Perhaps I
misunderstood the original question.  ("n-hurd" is not a normal term
I'm familiar with.)

If the different Hurds are sharing a single network device (like
subhurds) then obviously a totally different strategy of solution is
appropriate.