Re:FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort o...
by trasz4 on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:46AM
(#36003294)
This will also make a lot of difference once we can run lightweight, userspace kernels ("rump kernels").
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Re:FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort o...
by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday May 19, 2023 @11:57AM
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> once we can run lightweight, userspace kernels ("rump kernels").
Er, didn't NetBSD accomplish that... like a decade ago, now? Or is FreeBSD looking into supporting rump kernels?
Re:FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort o...
by trasz4 on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:21PM
(#36003683)
Yes, NetBSD did accomplish that, but I expect it to become more commonplace.
Re:FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort o...
by EuropeOverlords on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:48PM
(#36004042)
but question is,
is this solution for people running software on other peoples computers ?
or solution for running my own code on my own computer only ?
Re:FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort o...
by trasz4 on Friday May 19, 2023 @01:01PM
(#36004233)
For my particular case it's about something similar in purpose to sandboxing, but with providing the compartment (ie a process subtree) with an alternative kernel to talk to, to minimise the attack surface between that container and the host kernel.
Re:FreeBSD spends 7% of its boot time running a bubblesort o...
by yjftsjthsd-h on Friday May 19, 2023 @12:51PM
(#36004074)
Does it matter? Running kernel pieces in userspace is useful in both directions (rather like docker), and in both cases we'd like it to run as quickly as possible.