[cap-talk] Another "core" principle - virtualize capabilities

Jonathan S. Shapiro shap at eros-os.com
Thu Jan 4 08:36:36 CST 2007


On Thu, 2007-01-04 at 14:16 +0100, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Systems can not be designed with "virtualizable capabilities only",

Marcus: why do you believe this? Jed and I certainly disagree.

Many systems have failed to meet this objective, but it can be done.

The only piece of Jed's goal that strikes me as dubious is the "no
significant performance loss" bit. Your select() example illustrates
why.
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