Fellow Genodians-

CC: Jamil Weatherbee <weatherbee@...373...> ( SnickerDoodle developer )

First let me express that I'm overjoyed to read that Genode now supports the Xilinx Zynq_7000 series SOC / FPGA,

I gather this means that turn key support for running Genode on SnickerDoodle may not be all so far away....

In general, I think from a OS development perspective, it might make sense to focus on supporting a fairly small number of fully specified hardware target platfroms... that is, I think that Genode should aspire to come up "turn key"... for Genode developers who are willing to acquire one of these "out of the box", targets....

I see Norman's point, that is: I do not think (at this point) it would be realistic for Genode to support the very large number of I/O / Memory system drivers that would be required to provide a "live image" experience that would consistently leave a good impression.

Genode's hierarchical / recursive system definition does seem like a vision that is likely to catch on soon enough,,,

Let's do our homework, and provide suggestions, that the core Genode can entertain...with regard to the selection of a few platforms that might make for a good first time Genode boot-up experience..

Thats my two cents.

all the best

-Peter

On Wed, Dec 2, 2015 at 3:27 AM, Norman Feske <norman.feske@...1...> wrote:

Hello,

shortly after almost every Genode release, I see people wondering why we
have not released a new live system since many years. There are even a
few who conclude that the project is not going to get anywhere because
there is no easy way to try it out.

Because this topic is brought up every now and then, I'd like to share
my opinion about it:

https://github.com/genodelabs/genode/issues/1000#issuecomment-161260312

I hope that you find my line of thoughts reasonable. If you have ideas
or thoughts to add, please don't hesitate to share them.

Cheers
Norman

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