On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 7:54 PM, Antti Kantee <[email protected]> wrote: > On 03/06/16 13:57, Neeraj Sharma wrote: >> >> gandro pointed to an interesting blog (http://uhsure.com/halvm3.html) >> on #rumpkernel iirc, which talks about the design decision for >> evaluating the next unikernel for HalVM v3. I recollected some of my >> thoughts while I encountered Rumprun project as well and this email is >> primarily to get more information on the same. >> >> Is there any short note or text discussing customization of Rumprun >> unikernel to pick just what you need and how easy is it to get it >> done? My recent research endeavors require building a unikernel for a >> c/c++ based application and cutting down to bare minimum which will >> definitely be a kicker at the end of the day. I guess I want to see >> what is that bare minimum I can achieve. > > > Well, there was a small discussion on this list with the author of that post > ... or at least strcmp() suggests they're the same person: > https://www.freelists.org/post/rumpkernel-users/Library-Guide-Minimization > > Of course, when someone says "minimize", I have no idea what that means. So > it's good to define at least roughly what sort of goal you're trying to > reach. >
My initial intention was understand the moving parts and pull apart (age old habit I guess) so much so as to still be able to use it (whatever that means). As an added advantage I get to know the design a little better :) -Neeraj
