[Project] Arkm Kernel: 12-core SMP Microkernel with custom VMM and Aegis Syscalls
Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2026 7:19 am
Hello everyone,
I’m introducing the foundation of a sovereign ecosystem I’ve been building over the last few months at AROM Labs.
Project: Arkm Kernel
Architecture: Multi-Core (SMP) Microkernel
Current Status & Features:
Successfully orchestrating 12 CPU cores with a functioning PCI and ACPI discovery layer.
Fully operational Virtual Memory Manager (VMM) with paging for memory isolation.
Custom VFS layer mounting FAT32 volumes via DMA for disk transfers.
"Aegis" syscall interface handling Ring 0 to Ring 3 privilege transitions.
I am currently tuning the final sandbox escapes and handling some expected Ring 3 Triple Faults when crossing the privilege boundary during specific iretq state drops, but the core foundation is completely stable.
I built this to act as the hyper-minimalist foundation for a neuromorphic routing system I am prototyping, rather than relying on a legacy Linux/Unix base.
Would love to hear thoughts from anyone who has wrestled with SMP orchestration or the TSS/RSP traps during Ring 3 transitions.
I’m introducing the foundation of a sovereign ecosystem I’ve been building over the last few months at AROM Labs.
Project: Arkm Kernel
Architecture: Multi-Core (SMP) Microkernel
Current Status & Features:
Successfully orchestrating 12 CPU cores with a functioning PCI and ACPI discovery layer.
Fully operational Virtual Memory Manager (VMM) with paging for memory isolation.
Custom VFS layer mounting FAT32 volumes via DMA for disk transfers.
"Aegis" syscall interface handling Ring 0 to Ring 3 privilege transitions.
I am currently tuning the final sandbox escapes and handling some expected Ring 3 Triple Faults when crossing the privilege boundary during specific iretq state drops, but the core foundation is completely stable.
I built this to act as the hyper-minimalist foundation for a neuromorphic routing system I am prototyping, rather than relying on a legacy Linux/Unix base.
Would love to hear thoughts from anyone who has wrestled with SMP orchestration or the TSS/RSP traps during Ring 3 transitions.