Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: A user-mode kernel implementation | Date | Thu, 03 Jun 1999 20:53:08 -0300 | From | Jeff Dike <> |
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pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz said: > * It might be nice for java-like sandboxes - for example clustering > with very wast machine where you (unfortuantely) do not have uid==0
This won't be reasonable until its performance improves drastically, especially if you're going to emulate multiple machines. Grab the code and run it, and you'll see what I mean.
> * if it can be made portable, it could be used to turn * into linux
Due to its performance, this might not be the best advertisement in the world for Linux. Also, the target OS needs something very similar to clone, plus a pretty general mmap. As far as I'm aware, even most Unices don't qualify.
Jeff
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