Re: Virtual Machines, JVM in kernel, hot-swapped kernel

Brandon S. Allbery KF8NH (allbery@kf8nh.apk.net)
Mon, 31 Aug 1998 20:00:36 -0300

In message <Pine.LNX.3.96.980831120601.287A-100000@localhost>, Tomasz Rola
writ
es:
+-----
| Well, it's some other form of IPC. But I like the concept of virtual
| punched cards and tapes. If those virtual machines were implemented
| today, it would be much the same, with files or some other virtual
| devices, perhaps. It would be also interesting to extend it a little and
+--->8

And what else are sockets, once connected, but virtual files? RSCS was
appropriate for "big iron" based on punched cards; sockets serve much the
same purpose for systems based on byte streams.

If you're serious about virtual kernels, you might want to drop a line to
the Freedows folks: they're trying to do the same thing, and need help to
pull it off.

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brandon s. allbery	[os/2][linux][solaris][japh]	 allbery@kf8nh.apk.net
system administrator	     [WAY too many hats]	   allbery@ece.cmu.edu
electrical and computer engineering					 KF8NH
carnegie mellon university






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