Hello Thomas,
the HalVM project was brought to our attention by an anonymous posting at our Sourceforge forum:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/genode/forums/forum/825067/topic/3983252
Even though I am not experienced with using Haskell myself, I recognize the potential of using this language in the context of systems development. E.g., it plays a pivotal role in the seL4 verification project at NICTA, and I have been impressed by the work of Mark P. Jones and his group at OGI/PDX with conducting the House project. We listed this project idea because we realize that HalVM (or in a broader sense, Haskell) should receive our attention at some time in the future.
Do you think that porting GHC to Genode is a necessity? I expected that GHC could just be used to cross-compile code. So only the Haskell runtime has to be ported. But as I said, I lack profound knowledge in this area.
Are you somehow involved in the development of HalVM?
Regards Norman
On 03/24/2011 07:29 PM, Thomas DuBuisson wrote:
I'm curious - who added all the language-specific topics? Specifically the HaLVM? Has anyone talked to Adam Wick about porting HaLVM to Genode or is this more of an off-hand "that would be nice" item in the list? Also, wouldn't it be more sensible to say "port GHC to the a Genode platform" or are there HaLVM-specific features you're wanting like the redevouslib for page flipping?
Cheers, Thomas