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Date:      Sun, 26 Feb 1995 17:15:04 -0500 (EST)
From:      Chuck Robey <chuckr@Glue.umd.edu>
To:        Boyd Faulkner <faulkner@mpd.tandem.com>
Cc:        Don Yuniskis <dgy@seagull.rtd.com>, hasty@netcom.com, freebsd-hackers@freefall.cdrom.com
Subject:   Re: Lites and Doom
Message-ID:  <Pine.SUN.3.91.950226171246.12784D-100000@latte.eng.umd.edu>
In-Reply-To: <9502262044.AA25884@olympus>

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On Sun, 26 Feb 1995, Boyd Faulkner wrote:

> > 
> > > I have a simple question: how do you build Lites with FreeBSD?
> > 
> > Sorry, I haven't taken a serious look into the LITES server, yet
> > (I'm waiting for all the dust to settle)
> >  
> > > Do I need to get a mach kernel source tree and if so where
> > > is the best place to get one ?
> > 
> > I don't know if the LITES distribution includes the (micro)kernel
> > sources; I suspect it doesn't but, rather, includes any applicable
> > patches to the mk sources.  I believe LITES will run on the
> > RT-Mach (mk83i), CMU Mach (MK83A) and Utah Flexmach (Mach4?)
> > microkernels.  I'd avoid the RT-Mach microkernel as it's doubtful
> > you'd need the rt enhancements/complications.  MK83A can be
> > anon ftp from mach.cs.cmu.edu.  Don't know the status/stability
> > of the Mach4 stuff, sorry.
> > 
> Mach4 is available at jaguar.cs.utah.edu:/flexmach
> WWW page at http://www.cs.utah.edu/projects/flexmach/mach4-proj.html
> 
> There is a pointer to the lites page from there.
> I believe the latest distribution may be broken for UFS.  UK02p8.
> Remy Card probably knows for sure.  The patch was sinple but I don't
> remember what it was.  It is probably in the mail archive.
> 
> If it is going to drop officially, soon.  It is probably worth waiting
> just to get compatibility and build info.
> 

I think this is real interesting, and I'd like to continue this (I have some
questions about new Mach versions) but I was wondering if there is a better
place to do this, where I don't raise the [non-FreeBSD] noise level.  
Could you please suggest a good place?

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