From owner-freebsd-arch@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 12 06:10:13 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2AB221065680 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:10:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from outB.internet-mail-service.net (outb.internet-mail-service.net [216.240.47.225]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0CB148FC27 for ; Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:10:12 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from julian@elischer.org) Received: from idiom.com (mx0.idiom.com [216.240.32.160]) by out.internet-mail-service.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id B4E5D2496; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:10:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from julian-mac.elischer.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by idiom.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 52E892D6024; Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:10:12 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <48CA07C4.3040707@elischer.org> Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 23:10:12 -0700 From: Julian Elischer User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alfred Perlstein References: <251d650c0809111026h1b16f5d2u77e8d611ce1b39f7@mail.gmail.com> <48C95D6D.80204@elischer.org> <20080912050352.GB16977@elvis.mu.org> In-Reply-To: <20080912050352.GB16977@elvis.mu.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Mehul Chadha , freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Adding Virtual kernel support to FreeBSD X-BeenThere: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussion related to FreeBSD architecture List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2008 06:10:13 -0000 Alfred Perlstein wrote: > * Julian Elischer [080911 11:18] wrote: >> Mehul Chadha wrote: >>> hello all, >>> We are a group of 3 students doing their graduation in >>> computer science. We were thinking of implementing the virtual kernel >>> support to freeBSD similar to what user mode linux does . We would be very >>> thankful if we can have some suggestions and advice from your side. >> dragonflyBSD which is derived from freeBSD has this. > > Really??? :) > > What kind of porting effort would it take? matt says it would be doable.... > > -Alfred