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Re: Kernel written in bytecode
Posted: Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:11 pm
by 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.
Re: Kernel written in bytecode
Posted: Fri Jan 31, 2025 7:31 am
by rdos
AndrewAPrice wrote: ↑Thu Jan 30, 2025 3:11 pm
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.