On Thu, 2005-05-26 at 15:43 -0400, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > This isn't an immediate goal, but certainly would be something to > keep in mind when architecting ? I mean, you can certainly see VMs > being incorporated into the OS?
Hmmm. Interesting... You are talking about a VM becoming part of the kernel? java.ko? So you can now distribute your hardware drivers as Java classes? But why stop there. How about making the whole operating system a VM? Sure you need some extensions to handle interrupts, DMA, hardware registers and the like. But Java programs will also start so much quicker. Making this a real time system could be interesting. :) Although obviously not a goal for Harmony, I wouldn't be surprised if someone is already researching the concept. - Matthew
