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From: Mike B. <nit...@sl...> - 2001-02-10 18:40:14
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Paul Mundt wrote: > 2) We could go the uber-fascist route (no, not the FSF way) > and look into doing a really small microkernel with nothing > but the bare necessities. > 3) We could bring up the second system in a VM and interface > with it as much as possible. What I was thinking is that we could use both the microkernel and VM ideas in one, and make a micro-OS, kinda like what exists on some (all?) main frames, and load the different OS's in different VM's, and then save each VM state to disk on a vision type partition or something... That way, the OS only has to be booted once, and then vision will interface with the micro-OS to request a swap of the VM. This also gives us the advantage that system booting will be nearly instantaneous, except when an OS requires a restart. In that case, the Vision micro-OS would intercept the OS's reboot request, and just restart the VM in a manner safe for Vision. -- Michael Bourgeous E-mail: nit...@sl..., nit...@u4... Reply-to: nit...@so... "Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death." -- James F. Byrnes |