-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 03:05:45 +0000 Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 2:12 AM Christopher Havel > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So, as I (poorly) understand it, the idea of a "microkernel" is that > > each process/thread/application (I'm not quite sure which) gets its > > own kernel, sort of, and that this kernel is somewhat modular in that > > it only provides what functionality the application needs from it. > > not quite: a microkernel provides the absolute absolute minimum > functionality to manage tasks and communication _between_ tasks. as a > result they're typically extremely small, and usually are the only > place where assembly code is needed. > > L4ka ports of the linux kernel basically turn the entire linux > "kernel" effectively into a user-space-like "application". you now > have *three* levels: L4ka microkernel, linux "kernel", GNU/Linux OS. > > the GNU/Hurd's microkernel inter-process communication is actually > sufficiently abstracted such that processes may actually be run > *off-machine*, by dropping in a full-on network-based RPC (remote > procedure call) mechanism. hypothetically this would allow full > migration of processes from one machine to another, without any > interruption in the running of the user applications as they migrate. > > l. > That sounds really cool. No more FF pocket, or cloud, just use MicroLinux. Sincerely, David -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEL2N7+xWmVOJDQxWGm3XCrhg2YP8FAlwP95MACgkQm3XCrhg2 YP+MuBAAhf6w8CdUda5ihMtcdU+vjeYUnPKSIO08dxIj3s5BGXydCOAv7x3Cqq/D XlA3BB1T61bIlOJ8YCsHrKyx3rmRtJayvAARIKoOfgLau86lHpaVx8fha6UjuvML JUDlahj8c1wCbsvh72rmUfE/E710Og4xXuXxzI+5D49Vc2mTQpQNTPcGTq7NtrK3 kwhcoQwFo+WmJnBapcYJu2SEc5/Gxv7AauGhC/Q0VvurfEfKixM4/G4yeq/nDY9f j/tBenMZgYeoOc+ZyiN5zuPqJmtIeO6bIaVl9VlkR4edREoOQpljaXL9n0MkfH3t mBs7JW7GPfV5pPE0fqdtEiFv+m02WIPgNnSCBL8XgR8KA3IMW6QvgjaXhGBep3/g eskC7zAgSXX8DUet5oSfNPlSsuyoTzh2awCWBGlqD6bYL1RG+rItm5gCCo8tQJgJ 8540yLcC0k0VzCHlERzjntP8qM1vIvlrAC+9mnpcQmZThDpMeuX1ZmI8TtWXgIFo 5KXRqTzHe0hDoiKs6FGlV1XYUrj0BERndZA7cYZxZjCH3u/8YRqCcj5bI7jXpT+c VZdX75sRwg6Kc4KajDq+A1So1X/GqiRvCiwcOFWSuwOvAmDT/KJOWzLK0EWeAn9D KFuOxV28JbkzglhD/SwmQmKj32XTa07s0+RVAzwzQ3WitItgh7c= =zHb7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ arm-netbook mailing list [email protected] http://lists.phcomp.co.uk/mailman/listinfo/arm-netbook Send large attachments to [email protected]
