[TriLUG] Gnu Hurd in Jetsons tk1 or parallela

[vikram sai balaji ulaganathan]

I had earlier asked the same in Parallela forum and got the below response.
But i just wanted to see if i could re-write some of the GNU / HURD code to
actually fit the hardware architecture. For e.g. implement the Mach kernel
and for each server's action, create threads which can then be sent for
execution to the co-processors. I am just curious as we have had a lot less
system configuration and gnu has worked on them. I will keep trying on this
and keep you posted. Thanks for the suggestions.

The answer from Parallela ==>
I'd say : both implausible and impractical.
Unlikely to fit - each epiphany core has direct access to only 32 kb of RAM
- to be used for code, data, stack, etc.Lots of discussion in this
sub-forum about possible OS's for the Epiphany cores, but you can rule out
the major - and usually bloated [image: :)] - candidates.
Cheers,
Grey Tery

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>    3. Re: Gnu Hurd in Jetsons tk1 or parallela (John Vaughters)
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> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:09:21 -0400
> Subject: [TriLUG] Gnu Hurd in Jetsons tk1 or parallela
> I recently purchased the parallela board which has 16 core coprocessor. I
> am new to coding and hardware too. I was wondering if Gnu Hurd can be
> implemented in it, like each core can implement a micro server. With the
> arm's dual core acting as a mach micro kernel and process server. Is it an
> idea worth following or is my understanding wrong. Implementation on Jetson
> tk1 is also similar.
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> From: Christopher Covington <cov at mykolab.com>
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> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:56:41 -0400
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] last minute notice - MC Frontalot, tonight at King's
> BBQ
> On 09/17/2014 06:27 PM, Jeremy Davis wrote:
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>> Alan, in your defense, I have been talking about doing creative commons
>> music events and luring people with good BBQ because the PA equipment on
>> hand is very humble. I even did a lightning talk about it last week at
>> TriLUG.
>>
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> Sounds super cool. What can I do to help make this happen?
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> Cov
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> From: John Vaughters <jvaughters04 at yahoo.com>
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> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 19:55:01 -0700
> Subject: Re: [TriLUG] Gnu Hurd in Jetsons tk1 or parallela
> Vikram,
>
> First of all thanks for the reference to Parallella. That is the first I
> had heard of it and it is quite amazing to see such technology for so cheap
> and completely open. As far as Hurd, I beleive your thinking is hard to
> give a straight no, but I feel very comfortable saying that you have
> embarked on a very difficult task. Even if your idea is possible,
> considering that even the Hurd developers are not really prepared for
> multi-core usage, you are really pushing the boundries. This is really
> something you would want to raise on the paralella forum. Possibly contact
> the Hurd Developers to get their focus on heavy multi-core usage.
>
> Please feel free to update us if you find out any interesting information
> on that idea.
>
> John Vaughters
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> On Saturday, September 20, 2014 1:09 PM, vikram sai balaji ulaganathan <
> tayirvadai.vikram at gmail.com> wrote:
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>
>
> I recently purchased the parallela board which has 16 core coprocessor. I
> am new to coding and hardware too. I was wondering if Gnu Hurd can be
> implemented in it, like each core can implement a micro server. With the
> arm's dual core acting as a mach micro kernel and process server. Is it an
> idea worth following or is my understanding wrong. Implementation on Jetson
> tk1 is also similar.
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