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Subject: Re: [9front] hackathon writeup
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> 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.