Kernel written in bytecode

[AndrewAPrice]

This got really off topic. Not a single post on page 2 mentions "bytecode"!

Let's talk about:

1) JIT boot loaders!
2) Or a very minimal "exokernel" that basically an interpreter, so you can put as much logic as possible into a cross-platform bytecode kernel.

[rdos]

This got really off topic. Not a single post on page 2 mentions "bytecode"!

Let's talk about:

1) JIT boot loaders!
2) Or a very minimal "exokernel" that basically an interpreter, so you can put as much logic as possible into a cross-platform bytecode kernel.

I think bytecode in a micro- or exokernel has exactly the same problems as in a monolithic. No need to make that a special case.

Personally, I find the microkernel concept interesting because it can isolate drivers more properly than linking it into a flat, monolithic kernel, and not because it consists of an interpreter.