From: Thaddeus Woskowiak <tswoskowiak@gmail.com>
To: 9front <9front@9front.org>
Subject: Re: [9front] hackathon writeup
Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2022 15:52:39 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAG3JMtZfaBaAzp-JzfDenxp7E37wTL0NU0vPKBwAs1eAb6TjDg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <Yv7TG3YcRMeBsygZ@wopr>
> The syscalls problem isn't that we don't know which ones to implement,
> it's that Linux creates and deprecates them at a rate faster than anyone
> can keep up with. I am positive this is the case worldwide, not just
> for us -- otherwise, things like Docker on OS X would not virtualize an
> entire OS just to make use of Linux containers. The engineering cost to
> virtualize a platform and boot Linux on it is lower than the engineering
> cost to keep up with whatever the hell the Linux horde throws at the
> kernel this week.
>
> khm
Indeed. Even Microsoft gave up emulating a Linux kernel in WSL and
instead virtualize a Linux kernel in Hyper-V in WSL2.
I see no point trying to hammer on that giant mess and instead prefer
the effort be put into improving vmx and adding AMD-V support. Then
run whatever dumpster fire you want in the VM.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-08-19 19:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-08-17 3:27 ori
2022-08-18 22:37 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-18 22:52 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-18 23:09 ` Stanley Lieber
2022-08-18 23:32 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-18 23:11 ` Kurt H Maier
2022-08-18 23:33 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-18 23:55 ` Jacob Moody
2022-08-19 0:05 ` ori
2022-10-14 5:45 ` 9p2000.ix (Was Re: [9front] hackathon writeup) unobe
2022-08-19 11:34 ` [9front] hackathon writeup Stuart Morrow
2022-08-19 13:21 ` Jacob Moody
2022-08-18 23:04 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-18 23:24 ` ori
2022-08-18 23:37 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-18 23:43 ` ori
2022-08-19 0:02 ` Kurt H Maier
2022-08-19 0:23 ` qwx
2022-08-19 1:54 ` Kurt H Maier
2022-08-19 2:02 ` qwx
2022-08-19 7:08 ` Steve Simon
2022-08-20 1:38 ` Xiao-Yong Jin
2022-08-20 3:57 ` ori
2022-08-19 19:52 ` Thaddeus Woskowiak [this message]
2022-08-19 21:13 ` David Arnold
2022-08-19 19:11 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2022-08-19 20:40 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-20 13:14 ` Stuart Morrow
2022-08-22 17:54 ` Aram Hăvărneanu
2022-08-22 17:56 ` Kurt H Maier
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