On 08.09.2017 11:46, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm all for it :)
Thanks!
>
> I won't have time to spend for contributions, but I can probably answer
> questions about the existing source code, challenges with stubdomains
> etc.
Thanks for your offer. Stubdomains are definitely one of the use cases
for this project. Did you work with it in the past?
>
> The only thing I'd worry about is to be clear on the scope of Unicore:
> we don't want to just create another Linux kernel. Conversely, there
> are efforts e.g. by Nicolas Pitre, to optionally remove features Linux
> to make it smaller. It might happen that at some point Unicore and that
> tiny Linux would get to the same set of features (kernel-wise, Unicore
> will of course have userland libraries compiled in etc.), but AIUI
> Unicore people can be reasonable enough with features that this does not
> happen, just something to keep in mind: avoid poneys.
This is a good point, and I agree that we should keep this in mind.
However, our original intention with Unicore is to build
Unikernels/Microkernels (single application OSes) rather than to build
multi-application OSes, like Linux. This simplification enables further
tuning options to the OS layers.
>
> Samuel
>
Thanks,
Simon
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> Hello,
>
> I'm all for it :)
Thanks!
>
> I won't have time to spend for contributions, but I can probably answer
> questions about the existing source code, challenges with stubdomains
> etc.
Thanks for your offer. Stubdomains are definitely one of the use cases
for this project. Did you work with it in the past?
>
> The only thing I'd worry about is to be clear on the scope of Unicore:
> we don't want to just create another Linux kernel. Conversely, there
> are efforts e.g. by Nicolas Pitre, to optionally remove features Linux
> to make it smaller. It might happen that at some point Unicore and that
> tiny Linux would get to the same set of features (kernel-wise, Unicore
> will of course have userland libraries compiled in etc.), but AIUI
> Unicore people can be reasonable enough with features that this does not
> happen, just something to keep in mind: avoid poneys.
This is a good point, and I agree that we should keep this in mind.
However, our original intention with Unicore is to build
Unikernels/Microkernels (single application OSes) rather than to build
multi-application OSes, like Linux. This simplification enables further
tuning options to the OS layers.
>
> Samuel
>
Thanks,
Simon
> _______________________________________________
> Minios-devel mailing list
> Minios-devel@lists.xenproject.org
> https://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/minios-devel
>
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============================================================
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??? ??????
Research Scientist,
Networked Systems and Data Analytics Group
NEC Laboratories Europe, Network Research Division
Kurfuerstenanlage 36, D-69115 Heidelberg
Tel. +49 (0)6221 4342-264
Fax: +49 (0)6221 4342-5264
e-mail: simon.kuenzer@neclab.eu
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