Re: [Announcement] Karma VMM first public release

2012-05-18 Thread Norman Feske
Hi Steffen, thank you for the elaborate reply! The text you have just written would fit pretty well on karma-vmm.org, doesn't it?. .-) > As far as I know, Afterburner also runs OS kernels on top of a > microkernel on platforms that are not virtualizable. Hereby the guest > kernel binary is modifi

Re: [Announcement] Karma VMM first public release

2012-05-16 Thread Steffen Liebergeld
Hi Norman, L4 Hackers, let me try to clarify what Karma is by giving an very short overview on L4Linux, Afterburner and Vancouver. L4Linux is a port of the Linux kernel to the microkernel API. In this setup Linux runs in its own address space as an L4 task. Its applications also reside in L4 task

Re: [Announcement] Karma VMM first public release

2012-05-16 Thread Norman Feske
Hello, congratulations for getting Karma out of the door finally. :-) The project looks very interesting. However, I think it would be sensible of you to contrast your approach with existing projects, in particular L4Linux, Afterburner, and Vancouver. This way, potential users would gain a better

Re: [Announcement] Karma VMM first public release

2012-05-14 Thread Julian Stecklina
On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 17:59 -0300, John van V. wrote: > Why not just let go of the linux and run posix w/ gcc? And make a > windows-friendly driver conversion kit? Can you elaborate on that? Julian ___ l4-hackers mailing list l4-hackers@os.inf.tu-d

Re: [Announcement] Karma VMM first public release

2012-05-14 Thread John van V.
Why not just let go of the linux and run posix w/ gcc? And make a windows-friendly driver conversion kit? On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 6:44 AM, Matthias Lange wrote: > We are happy to announce the first public release of the Karma Virtual > Machine Monitor [0]. > > Karma is a virtual machine monitor

[Announcement] Karma VMM first public release

2012-05-14 Thread Matthias Lange
We are happy to announce the first public release of the Karma Virtual Machine Monitor [0]. Karma is a virtual machine monitor (VMM) that runs Linux in a virtual machine on top of the Fiasco.OC [1] microkernel. Its main design directives are speed and simplicity. Unlike KVM, VirtualBox or VMWare,