[task #5468] Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM

[Thomas Schwinge]

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                 Summary: Port GNU Mach to the Xen VMM
                 Project: The GNU Hurd
            Submitted by: tschwinge
            Submitted on: Wednesday 04/19/06 at 17:27
                Category: GNU Mach
         Should Start On: Wednesday 04/19/06 at 00:00
   Should be Finished on: Wednesday 04/19/06 at 00:00
                Priority: 1 - Later
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
        Percent Complete: 0%
             Open/Closed: Open
                  Effort: 0.00

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Details:

Porting GNU Mach to make it run in a DomU under the Xen VMM might enable more
people to easily and effectively use GNU Mach (and with that the current Hurd
implementation).  That is at full speed and with hassle-free networking
compared to using an emulator like QEMU and without the need to have a spare
machine (costly, if at all possible) or double booting (uncomfortable).


This task involves a) enabling the main Mach kernel to run under Xen and b)
write / port the device drivers (block and network) to make it possible to
use the ``devices'' Xen provides.







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