[Info-vax] Intel proposal to simplify x86-64

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-06-07, Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2023-06-07 14:16, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> 
>> QNX.
>
> Good point. There are a few more implementations, indeed.
>

seL4 is also doing some serious stuff with microkernels as well:

https://sel4.systems/

>> 
>> We have long moved past the point where absolute speed is the primary
>> driver in software design. Today, the focus should be on safer computing,
>> even at the expense of some overhead. To do otherwise is utterly
>> irresponsible in today's world IMHO.
>
> You might think so, and argue for that. Seems most other people are 
> disagreeing, even to the point of QNX slightly moving away from it for 
> performance reasons. To quote wikipedia:
>

That's disappointing. I didn't know that.

Hope that works out better than the time someone decided to move the
graphics subsystem into the kernel on a certain OS "for performance
reasons."

Simon.

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