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Mach on PowerPC</b></span></div> <div class="boxitem"><span class="smaller">Group Type: <b>non-GNU software and documentation</b></span></div> </div> <br /> <div class="box"> <div class='boxtitle'>Search in this Group</div> <div class='boxitem'><span class="smaller"> <form action="/search/#options" method="get"> <input type="text" id="words1" name="words1" title="Terms to look for" /><br /> <label for='type_of_search1'>Area to search in</label> <select name='type_of_search' id='type_of_search1'> <option value="support">Support</option> <option value="bugs">Bugs</option> <option value="task">Tasks</option> <option value="patch">Patches</option> </select> <input type='hidden' name="only_group_id" value="4685" /> <input type='hidden' name="exact" value="1" /> <br /> <input type="submit" name="search" value="Search" />  </form> </span></div> </div> </div> <div class='indexcenter'> <p>This group is not part of the GNU Project.</p> <p>The goal of this project is to port the OSKit to the PowerPC, then change OSF Mach to use this, and to run the GNU Hurd on it.  Currently, there is only a preliminary port of the Hurd to the version of OSF Mach on which MkLinux runs, but unfortunately this version of Mach only supports older PowerMacs.  The OSKit will provide modern device drivers from Linux, and OSF Mach will use it in a way like GNUMach does. <br /> <br /> </p> <p>Registration Date: Fri 20 Jun 2003 03:31:41 PM UTC <br /> License: Other license - Both oskit and osfmk are free software. But we must see what kind of license is adequate for the patches. Of course, we will license the patches with free software licenses (with GPL when possible).<br /> Development Status: 2 - Pre-Alpha </p> </div> <p class='clearr'> </p> <div class='splitright'><div class="box"> <div class='boxtitle'>Latest News <a href='/news/atom.php?group=hurdppc' class='inline-link'><img alt='rss feed' src='/images/common/feed16.png' /></a></div> <div class='boxitem'><a href="/news/?id=2432"><b>Preliminary version of GNU/OSF Mach</b></a><br />      <span class="smaller"><em>posted by <a href="/users/pbruin">pbruin</a>, Fri 19 Sep 2003 09:00:27 PM UTC</em></span> <p>A slightly changed version of OSF Mach has been imported into the CVS repository as gnu-osfmach.  This will be adapted to use the OSKit instead of the original device drivers.</p> </div><div class="boxitemalt"><a href="/news/?id=2333"><b>First release of gnu-osfmig</b></a><br />      <span class="smaller"><em>posted by <a href="/users/jemarch">jemarch</a>, Tue 26 Aug 2003 09:40:02 AM UTC</em></span> <p>gnu-osfmig 0.01, the mig implementation that comes embedded into the sources <br /> of the osfmk used to derive gnu-osfmk, has been released. <br /> <br /> Now gnu-osfmig is a separate package, and you can build it with <br /> the autotools. <br /> <br /> You can download gnu-osfmig from the download area <a href="http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/hurdppc">http://savannah.nongnu.org/download/hurdppc</a> or make a checkout from the <a href="/news/?id=2333">[...]</a></p> </div><div class="boxitem"><a href="/forum/forum.php?forum_id=2366"><b>Split on three subprojects</b></a><br />      <span class="smaller"><em>posted by <a href="/users/jemarch">jemarch</a>, Mon 25 Aug 2003 11:30:18 AM UTC - 1 reply</em></span> <p>The project has been split on three different subprojects: <br /> <br /> - oskit work <br /> <br />   Porting the oskit to PPC. Some work on libkern is in progress. <br /> <br /> - osfmk work <br /> <br />   Prepare osfmk to work on modern ppc machines as the macintosh, and <br />   for the integration with OSkit. <br /> <br /> - hurd/glibc work <br /> <br />   Prepare the Hurd to work on osfmk. Some work by Peter Bruin is <br />   already available.</p> </div><div class="boxitemalt"><a href="/news/?group_id=4685"><span class="smaller">[3 news in archive]</span></a></div> </div> </div> <div class='splitleft'> <div class="box"> <div class='boxtitle'>Quick Overview</div> <div class='boxitem'><a href="http://www.nongnu.org/hurdppc/"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Group Homepage</a></div> <div class="boxitemalt"><a href="/files/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Download Area</a></div> <div class="boxitem"><a href="/project/memberlist.php?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Memberlist</a> (<b>2</b> members)</div> </div> <br /> <div class="box"> <div class='boxtitle'>Communication Tools</div> <div class='boxitem'></div> <div class="boxitem"><a href="/support/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Tech Support Manager</a> (open items: <b>0</b>, total: <b>0</b>)<ul> <li><a href="/support/?group=hurdppc&func=browse&set=open">Browse open items</a></li> <li><a href="/support/?group=hurdppc&func=additem">Submit a new item</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="boxitemalt"><a href="/mail/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Mailing Lists</a> (<b>2</b> public mailing lists)</div> <div class="boxitem"><a href="/people/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> This group is looking for people</a> (<b>1</b> contributor wanted)</div> </div> <br /> <div class="box"> <div class='boxtitle'><div id='devtools'>Development Tools</div></div> <div class='boxitem'></div> <div class="boxitem"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> <a href="/cvs/?group=hurdppc">CVS Repository</a> <ul> <li><a href="//cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/?root=hurdppc">Browse Sources Repository</a></li> <li><a href="//web.cvs.savannah.nongnu.org/viewvc/?root=hurdppc">Browse Web Pages Repository</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="boxitemalt"><a href="/bugs/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Bug Tracker</a> (open items: <b>0</b>, total: <b>0</b>)<ul> <li><a href="/bugs/?group=hurdppc&func=browse&set=open">Browse open items</a></li> <li><a href="/bugs/?group=hurdppc&func=additem">Submit a new item</a></li> </ul> </div> <div class="boxitem"><a href="/task/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Task Manager</a> (open items: <b>0</b>, total: <b>1</b>)<ul> <li><a href="/task/?group=hurdppc&func=browse&set=open">Browse open items</a></li> <li><span class="unavailable"><del>Submit a new item</del></span></li> </ul> </div> <div class="boxitemalt"><a href="/patch/?group=hurdppc"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/contexts/admin.png" width="24" height="24" alt="" border="0" /> Patch Manager</a> (open items: <b>0</b>, total: <b>0</b>)<ul> <li><a href="/patch/?group=hurdppc&func=browse&set=open">Browse open items</a></li> <li><span class="unavailable"><del>Submit a new item</del></span></li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> <p class='backtotop'> <a href="#top"><img src="/images/Savannah.theme/arrows/top.orig.png" alt="Back to the top" border="0" width="48" height="48" /></a> </p> <p class="footer"> Copyright © 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc. <br /> Verbatim copying and distribution of this entire article is permitted in any medium, provided this notice is preserved. <br /> The <a href="//www.gnu.org/graphics/meditate.html">Levitating, Meditating, Flute-playing Gnu</a> logo is a GNU GPL'ed image provided by the Nevrax Design Team.<br /> <a href="//git.savannah.nongnu.org/cgit/administration/savane.git/plain//frontend/php/projects?id=513955078e56c124c506c834d031bbe09cbf4040">Page source code</a></p> <div align='right'><p>Powered by Savane 3.14-5139.<br /><a href="https://savannah.nongnu.org/source/savane-513955078e56c124c506c834d031bbe09cbf4040.tar.gz">Corresponding source code</a></p></div> </div>  </div>  </body> </html>