Summary of HURD

More information about HURD can be found at http://www.gnu.ai.mit.edu/software/hurd/hurd.html.

The current version is:

0.2

The following architectures are supported:

Intel-compatible (386+). Ports planned for any OS supporting MACH 4 and glibc.

Availability:

GNU Public License

Scheduling can be done using:

unknown -- based on Unix scheduler with features provided by MACH.

Memory considerations:

MACH provides many "new" feature like protection domains. Some virtual memory management is moved from microkernel to kernel.

Performance data can be found at:

not available

Posix compliance:

fully compliant

File system support:

BSD_FS, Extended 2 (linux-fs), nfs, ftp_fs, and others

Other Notes:

HURD is a new UNIX-like OS built on the MACH Microkernel. Distributed with full Unix workstation-like set of applications. Kernel should be completely pre-emptable (and reentrant).

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