From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Received: by 10.176.83.201 with SMTP id l9mr2492226uaa.16.1488394321405; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:52:01 -0800 (PST) X-Received: by 10.157.12.1 with SMTP id 1mr1206889otr.2.1488394321317; Wed, 01 Mar 2017 10:52:01 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!68no383237itg.0!news-out.google.com!15ni1061itm.0!nntp.google.com!68no380512itg.0!postnews.google.com!glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2017 10:52:01 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=185.51.184.178; posting-account=x1qAewkAAABqPIYN0SrJgHa2wUpmAk7w NNTP-Posting-Host: 185.51.184.178 User-Agent: G2/1.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <7023af9f-7429-448d-b290-03e0c32772f7@googlegroups.com> Subject: Unikernel / Ada From: volkert@komponentenwerkstatt.de Injection-Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2017 18:52:01 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:33444 Date: 2017-03-01T10:52:01-08:00 List-Id: Some time ago read some Papers on the MirageOS (https://mirage.io/), a libr= ary operating system. The model works in short (simplified): The applicatio= n sources (in case of Mirage in OCaml) are compiled / linked together with= all its depending "library os" sources into one fully standalone binary (u= nikernal). This binary is then deployed directly f.e. on a Xen Hypervisor.= No complex OS involved. small, efficient, more secure, fast to boot,=20 https://mirage.io/wiki/overview-of-mirage I find this model interesting for GNAT. Maybe there are already some ideas = around? Volkert