[Info-vax] What would be involved in moving RMS into kernel mode ?

[Simon Clubley]

On 2023-05-04, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>
> The WASD download site claims:
>
><quote>
> All the x86-64 object modules have been native-compiled using VSI C 
> X7.4-726 (GEM 50X23) on OpenVMS x86_64 V9.2
></quote>
>
> That gives me the impression that the application code (which
> must be approx. the code running in user mode) is native compiled
> aka optimized. While VMS (code running in inner modes) is not.
>

Interesting, thanks. So, maybe yes, or maybe no. Or it could simply be
limitations in the E/S emulation technique coming to light, which
compilers may not be able to do anything about.

It will be nice to get a proper production release of VMS so that we
know for sure, but it doesn't look like that is going to happen this
year. :-(

Simon.

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