Re: Getting started (where is documentation)
On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Neal H Walfield wrote:
> > I am trying to make sense of the current pfinet, but I don't have the
> > Mach/HURD programming basics down.
> >
> > Is there any place where somebody has written a simple Hello World server
> > for the HURD? A Hello World translator? How relavant is the CMU Mach
> > documentation to GNU Mach? As you can see I am still trying to get an
> > undersatnding of Mach/HURD basics.
>
> Yes, several, look in <hurd-src>/trans
>
> > Also I have seen some documentation on a server interface for CMU Mach. Would
> > this be helpful in HURD hacking?
>
> Reading the CMU books can be very helpful, however, many interfaces are
> different.
>
> > I do have the HURD links file, but sometimes it is not helpful to have so
> > much information. Where would be the best place to start?
>
> I would recommend the GNU Hurd Reference Manual (found on hurd.gnu.org) and
> ``Mach Kernel Principal'' by CMU found at:
> http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/project/mach/public/www/doc/osf.html
>
> -Neal
>
> --
> Neal H Walfield
> University of Massachusetts at Lowell
> neal@walfield.org or nwalfiel@cs.uml.edu
Thanks a ton!! Just using hello.c and password.c from the <hurd-src>/trans
directory accompanied with the Hurd Reference Manual has helped tremendously.
Thansk again,
Dan
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