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1.1       root        1: I am pleased to announce version 1.0 of the GNU distribution of the
                      2: Mach kernel.  It may be found in the file (about 2.54 MB compressed)
                      3: ftp://prep.ai.mit.edu/pub/gnu/gnumach-1.0.tar.gz.
                      4: 
                      5: This distribution was prepared in order to install some bug fixes and
                      6: minor improvements (not worth noting here) to the Utah microkernel,
                      7: and to make the package conform to the GNU coding standards, at least
                      8: minimally, as regards configuration.  This was based upon the UK22
                      9: distribution, with some modifications made at Utah as well.
                     10: 
                     11: This kernel will be in the forthcoming complete binary distribution of
                     12: GNU.  The release is being made now, in the hopes that any serious
                     13: problems we didn't notice might be found in advance of that
                     14: distribution.  Volunteers who are interested in compiling this release
                     15: should do so, and please report any problems asap.
                     16: 
                     17: All the non-kernel pieces of the Utah distribution are not present in
                     18: this distribution, except for the MiG interface generator which is
                     19: still supplied.  These other pieces were never used for GNU, and are
                     20: not really part of the kernel at all.  We may separate MiG into a
                     21: separate distribution for convenience at some later date.
                     22: 
                     23: This distribution is only for i386, i486, i586 (pentium), and i686
                     24: (sexium [pentium pro]) processors on PC-AT compatible machines.
                     25: Volunteers interested in ports to other architectures are eagerly
                     26: sought.
                     27: 
                     28: Most ethernet cards and disk controllers are supported by this kernel;
                     29: ones for which Linux drivers exist can be ported easily.  Non-network
                     30: devices for which BSD drivers exist can be ported with a little
                     31: effort, but not much.
                     32: 
                     33: Bug reports relating to this distribution should be sent to
                     34: [email protected].  Requests for assistance should be made on
                     35: [email protected]. 
                     36: 
                     37: The md5sum checksum for gnumach-1.0.tar.gz is:
                     38: 
                     39: 62ac22cbe695a058243673427a264745  gnumach-1.0.tar.gz
                     40: 

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