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- I am pleased to announce version 1.0 of the GNU distribution of the
- Mach kernel. It may be found in the file (about 2.54 MB compressed)
- ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gnumach-1.0.tar.gz.
- This distribution was prepared in order to install some bug fixes and
- minor improvements (not worth noting here) to the Utah microkernel,
- and to make the package conform to the GNU coding standards, at least
- minimally, as regards configuration. This was based upon the UK22
- distribution, with some modifications made at Utah as well.
- This kernel will be in the forthcoming complete binary distribution of
- GNU. The release is being made now, in the hopes that any serious
- problems we didn't notice might be found in advance of that
- distribution. Volunteers who are interested in compiling this release
- should do so, and please report any problems asap.
- All the non-kernel pieces of the Utah distribution are not present in
- this distribution, except for the MiG interface generator which is
- still supplied. These other pieces were never used for GNU, and are
- not really part of the kernel at all. We may separate MiG into a
- separate distribution for convenience at some later date.
- This distribution is only for i386, i486, i586 (pentium), and i686
- (sexium [pentium pro]) processors on PC-AT compatible machines.
- Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly
- sought.
- Most ethernet cards and disk controllers are supported by this kernel;
- ones for which Linux drivers exist can be ported easily. Non-network
- devices for which BSD drivers exist can be ported with a little
- effort, but not much.
- Bug reports relating to this distribution should be sent to
- bug-hurd@prep.ai.mit.edu. Requests for assistance should be made on
- help-hurd@prep.ai.mit.edu.
- The md5sum checksum for gnumach-1.0.tar.gz is:
- 62ac22cbe695a058243673427a264745 gnumach-1.0.tar.gz
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