joec@skat.usc.edu (Joe S. Chen) (08/18/89)
Hello,
I am greatly interested in all current development status related
with Mach. Below are few that I have accumulated from folks at CMU.
If anyone on the net (or from CMU) can provide more precise information,
please don't hold back. Thanks.
POSIX-compliant: folks at UC Berkeley are massaging 4.3BSD interface to
be POSIX-compliant. If completed, moving it onto Mach
should not be difficult.
Real-time Mach (RT MACH): being developed. What is its test/release
schedule? Will it comply to the POSIX real-time
extension?
Ada/Ada Runtime: Ada task/runtime should map very well to Mach's
thread/task concept. Hope the kernel's control of
threads solves the typical Ada task priority inversion
problem. Last I heard, only the Runtime environment is
running on Mach, not the Ada compiler.
80386 port: I heard Intel Corp. has ported Mach to '386 running on the
standard PC/AT backplane.
Multibus II/Microchannel: Anyone know any work in progress in
supporting these two communication protocols?
Well, if all of the aforementioned features are fully implemented AND
tested by mid-next year, it certainly can be a great candidate for the
computers onboard the Space Station.
Joe S. Chen
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