A layer between the OS(kernel only) and the CPU

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Avarok
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Well, the thread seems to be quite focused on abstracting the hardware away, and someone actually went as far as to say:
The whole point of an operating system is provide an api that's independant of the hardware beneith,
My previous was simply a hint based on my differing personal opinion.
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If you quoted the part you were responding to in the first place, it would have saved us some confusion. :)
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