Re: Inter-Kernel Communications (Multi Kernel Clusters)

James R. Leu (jleu@chaos.coredcs.com)
Sun, 23 Feb 1997 18:59:02 -0600 (CST)


>
> Lets take LINUX into the unexplored country.
>
> I was thinking about the proposed deviod, devd solution to controlling
> character devices on remote machines when I realized a solution that would
> be even more general -- maybye make nfs, nis, etc. obsolete.
>
> What is needed is a facillity (in the kernel) to mount kernels together,
> this would of course be most useful in a workgroup type environment on a
> fast ethernet network. Yes -- i am not an idiot, I do realize this creates
> some security problems, but those could be solved --- besides this would be
> most useful in an environment where network security was not a problem.
>
> HOW TO MAKE LINUX RULE THE WORLD:

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I believe this is a bit like the beowulf project that Donald Becker has worked
on. I think Mr. Dean's proposal takes this one step further, but some of the
work that Mr. Becker has put forth could be used as a stepping stone (if Mr.
Becker's work is availble for use)

Anyway, take a look at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/beowulf/beowulf.html

James

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James R. Leu
Network Administrator
CORE Digital Communication Services
jleu@coredcs.com