13 Dec
2022
13 Dec
'22
5:10 a.m.
Well this has certainly piqued my curiosity on QNX. One of my more long-term projects is
to write a kernel (micro or otherwise), initially for RISC-V that can, if nothing else,
serve as a springboard for my own projects. I've thus far just been using AT&T
and BSD UNIX kernels for research and inspiration, with a peek at Darwin every now and
then to see how Apple/Mach does things, but could certainly stand to broaden my horizons.
That said, if I was to straight up port something as an exercise, I'd probably go for
V7 given its ubiquity and the fact that work done there would likely serve as a good
template for doing the same with other AT&T and BSD variants. Plus, I think
someone's already gone and done a V6 port to RISC-V, so I'd have stuff to refer
to.
- Matt G.
------- Original Message -------
On Monday, December 12th, 2022 at 2:20 PM, Liam Proven <lproven(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, 12 Dec 2022 at 17:04, Larry McVoy lm(a)mcvoy.com
wrote:
Thanks for that Clem. One question though, all
those companies want
support. Is there anyone still providing support? I see QNX.com is
a thing but is there an actual team of good people working on it?
QNX is alive and well and owned by Blackberry Ltd, the former Research
in Motion. One big Canadian tech co bought another.
They aren't doing great but they're not dead by any means.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BlackBerry_Limited
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