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- From: hugo@IRO.UMontreal.CA (Hugo Desrosiers)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc,comp.os.mach
- Subject: Re: Can I get the source for Mach as hacked by NeXT?
- Keywords: mach source next
- Message-ID: <1992Jul21.145117.275@IRO.UMontreal.CA>
- Date: 21 Jul 92 14:51:17 GMT
- References: <l53oegINNbvr@langtry.cs.utexas.edu> <69515@apple.Apple.COM>
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- In article <69515@apple.Apple.COM> mlanett@Apple.COM (Mark Lanett) writes:
- >jdawson@cs.utexas.edu (John Dawson) writes:
- >
- >>Is it possible to get the source code for the Mach running on a NeXT?
- >>If not, what version of Mach is NeXT's based on, and where can I get
- >>the source for that? The stuff I really need to get at is the memory-
- >>mapped file system.
- >
- >Next started with 2.0 and has incorporated "most of" the changes through 2.5.
- >I forget in which respects they are out of date. In any case, (assuming they
- >have the mm filesystem, which I doubt), you *can* get the sources, but
- >you aren't going to like it. 5 grand educational. This doesn't include
- >hardware-dependant device drivers (or NextStep, of course).
-
- But of course if you have tried to look at the basic distribution of
- Mach from C.-M., and that you would like to have something functionnal
- within the next year, 5K$ is not that much. You can get Mach3 for free, but to
- use that version is another thing. I tried to install the Mach3-MK65 (???)
- in a Mips-120 and a SCO based 386, and it is a joy to try to work without
- any clues at all. Up to now, I haven't manage to compile anything (still
- missing some machine.h file). Maybe I lost some files in the download, but
- my experience was not a pleasant one. So 5K$ is not that much for a few
- months of work that you will not have to do...
-
- >I'd like to see NS 3 go with Mach 3, but haven't heard anything lately. They
- >said something about moving once Mach 3 is "finished".
-
- Here is what gets out of my NeXT's (running beta version of NS 3.0):
- Mach kernel version:
- NeXT Mach 3.0: Wed Apr 1 17:44:27 PST 1992; root(kodak):mk-127.5.1/BUILD/RELEASE_M68K
-
- Kernel configured for a single processor only.
- 1 processor is physically available.
- Processor type: MC680x0 (68040)
- Processor active: 0
- Primary memory available: 16.00 megabytes.
- Default processor set: 50 tasks, 77 threads, 1 processors
- Load average: 0.00, Mach factor: 0.99
-
- ('hope this is not going to make someone mad at me...)
-
- Hugo
-