Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 01:05:52 -0400 From: Walt Ford <walt.ford@yahoo.com> To: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>, =?utf-8?B?5pyx5rGf?= <mail.jiang.cn@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Overhaul the config system with Lua Message-ID: <20140315050552.GD6674@nbu> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403142229190.26706@wonkity.com> References: <CAA_8tFojhn66ZkaR_Bxzv3fMzbuc6o2J9fYe4-pW6X0skgA8=Q@mail.gmail.com> <20140315001820.GB5765@nbu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403142108190.24490@wonkity.com> <20140315035144.GC6674@nbu> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1403142229190.26706@wonkity.com>
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On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 10:31:09PM -0600, Warren Block wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 2014, Walt Ford wrote: >> >>I didn't know NetBSD put it in their kernel. > > http://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/mbalmer/fosdem2012/kernel_mode_lua.pdf That's interesting. I think everything that doesn't go into a kernel linker set is fair game for a rewrite to Lua, but they seem to have a framework for allowing kernel subsystems to run Lua code too. I wonder how they handle concurrency and multithreading without modifying the interpreter. -- Walt
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