From chris@x.cyphercom.com  Thu May 29 21:38:19 1997
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From: Chris Wedgwood <chris@cyphercom.com>
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To: linux-mips@fnet.fr
Subject: Re: MkLinux
Cc: Chris Wedgwood <chris@cybernet.co.nz>

Trevor Schroeder wrote:

    Again, this may be a silly question with a simple answer...But has any
    thought been given to simply porting MkLinux to MIPS hardware. 

Probably, the speed would suck. I used to really like the idea of a
micro-kernel coming from a text book, but reality is something quite
different.

I think DEC cheated a bit by placing everything in the same address space
anyhow for this reason. (Or was this only for OSF/1?)



-Chris