Re: Ada OS based on Minix3

[Martin Krischik <krischik@users.sourceforge.net>]

Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Brenta schrieb:
> Georg Bauhaus wrote:
>> Peter C. Chapin schrieb:
>>> Martin Krischik wrote:
>>>> Now, if I wanted to create an OS I would not target real hardware at
>>>> all. At least not in the beginning. I would probably implement the OS
>>>> inside a VMware virtual machine.
>>> What about targeting a hypervisor like Xen? If I understand correctly
>>> (and I may not) that would separate the OS somewhat from the real
>>> hardware and may help its portability in the long run.
>> How could separation from the hardware do better than a
>> Microkernel such as Minix 3?
>>
>> Full virtualization also deprives you of access to
>> a larger set of hardware. Which, I'd speculate, is not
>> too helpful when targetting mostly embedded system?
> 
> Georg, how do you know the OP wants to target embedded systems?
> 
> I personally think targetting Xen is a nice long-term goal because it
> is unrealistic to think people will run an Ada operating system on a
> dedicated machine. However, requiring that developers use and develop
> on Xen might hinder adoption. It is better to do the initial
> development targetting qemu or equivalent because, as Georg mentioned,
> it lowers the barrier for contributors.

Actually that was me who suggested it. qemu sound good, supports the 3
important OS and ready made disk images for "quick install and try out".

Regards

Martin
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