From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG  Sun Mar 16 06:49:34 2008
Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG>
Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34])
	by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22FBC1065673
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:49:34 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bu7cher@yandex.ru)
Received: from webmail50.yandex.ru (webmail50.yandex.ru [77.88.32.223])
	by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B2CA98FC19
	for <freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>; Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:49:33 +0000 (UTC)
	(envelope-from bu7cher@yandex.ru)
Received: from YAMAIL (webmail50) by mail.yandex.ru id S15040663AbYCPGt1 for
	<obrien@freebsd.org> (+ 1 other); Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:49:27 +0300
X-Yandex-Spam: 0
Received: from [77.72.136.70] ([77.72.136.70]) by mail.yandex.ru with HTTP;
	Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:49:25 +0300
From: "Andrey V. Elsukov" <bu7cher@yandex.ru>
To: obrien@freebsd.org
In-Reply-To: 9060000000184602561
References: <47DBC800.8030601@dir.bg> 9060000000184602561
MIME-Version: 1.0
Message-Id: <160451205650165@webmail50.yandex.ru>
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 09:49:25 +0300
X-Mailer: Yamail [ http://yandex.ru ] 5.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Type: text/plain
Cc: jgordeev@dir.bg, freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: vkernel & GSoC, some questions
X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5
Precedence: list
List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD
	<freebsd-hackers.freebsd.org>
List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>, 
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe>
List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers>
List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org>
List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=help>
List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers>,
	<mailto:freebsd-hackers-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe>
X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 06:49:34 -0000

16.03.08, 09:30, "David O'Brien" <obrien@freebsd.org>:
> >    Add virtual kernel (vkernel) support to FreeBSD for the i386 and amd64 
> > architectures.
> > 
> > The vkernel support in question is the one found in DragonFlyBSD.
> Not being up on DragonFlyBSD, can you better describe what "vkernel" is?

vkernel is similar to User Mode Linux technology. You can boot vkernel as a
user mode process. I think it will be good to have similar in FreeBSD.
There are several links:
http://leaf.dragonflybsd.org/mailarchive/users/2007-01/msg00237.html
http://www.dragonflybsd.org/docs/articles/vkernel/vkernel.shtml

--
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov