[Info-vax] [OT] Bare metal definition, was: Re: VMS port to x86

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Bob Koehler wrote 2012-03-27 17:49:
> In article<jkqkjv$p1i$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm<jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>  writes:
>>
>> But Linux runs on "bare metal". And if that part is builtin in whatever
>> the developer calles "the product", then what ? Doesn't "the product" then
>> run on "bare metal"? Yes, one component of "the product" is some parts
>> usualy called "Linux", but so what ? Why should the customer/user care ?
>
>     Because the Linux kernel can't handle some of the hard real-time
>     applications that the user might have.
>

But that is a completly different question.
It has nothing to do with the "bare metall" discussion.