binary Mach distribution for 386

[Heiko Blume]

shore at mtxinu.COM (Melinda Shore) writes:

>In article <1991Jan05.021138.17495 at scuzzy.in-berlin.de> I wrote:
>>kittlitz at granite.cr.bull.com (Edward N. Kittlitz) writes:
>>>Also, there is apparently no binary compatability
>>>support (ABI?) for System V.3.
>>
>>nothing stops us from emulating that too.

>This distribution is based on Mach 2.5, which has a monolithic kernel.
>Filtering before execution might be a possibility, but Mach doesn't
>support execution out of multiple 386 segments.

what a pitty, will Mach 3.0 have the main "kernel" components (except
the message passing et al) in seperate processes? i always considered
this one of the main advantages. btw: the uni i'm at has a message
passing system called AX, that 'knows' ms-dos, qnx and sorta sys v.
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