Rump kernels: no OS? no problems!

• Autores: Anti Kantee, Justin Cormack
• Localización: ;login:: the magazine of USENIX & SAGE, ISSN 1044-6397, Vol. 39, Nº. 5, 2014 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Operating systems ), págs. 11-17
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • In the modern world, both virtualization and plentiful hardware have created situations where an OS is used for running a single application. But some questions arise: Do we need the OS at all? And by including an OS, are we only gaining an increased memory footprint and attack surface? This article introduces rump kernels, which provide NetBSD kernel drivers as portable components, allowing you to run applications without an operating system.