From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,be5b9623cd95d041 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-09-23 18:18:04 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newshub.sdsu.edu!small1.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!border3.nntp.aus1.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!wn14feed!worldnet.att.net!204.127.198.203!attbi_feed3!attbi.com!sccrnsc03.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Jeff C," Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: Subject: Re: Kernel Mods with Ada? X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 66.31.4.164 X-Complaints-To: abuse@comcast.net X-Trace: sccrnsc03 1064366283 66.31.4.164 (Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:18:03 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:18:03 GMT Organization: Comcast Online Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2003 01:18:03 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:42829 Date: 2003-09-24T01:18:03+00:00 List-Id: "Freejack" wrote in message news:pan.2003.09.23.19.48.57.187065.909@nospam.net... > Has anyone undertaken the task of creating a Linux Kernel module in Ada? > > I was just curious. It seems like a nifty experiment, if only for the > educational experience itself. I did a quick test to see if I could create a hello world (via printk binding) and was able to do it at some point.. Another neat thing to look at is http://bernia.disca.upv.es/rtportal/apps/rtl-gnat/ which is a port of GNAT to run under RTLinux. The Ada programs get loaded as RtLinux Kernel modules. Won't work on vanilla Linux but still pretty cool.