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by _underfl0w_ 1987 days ago
I was wondering how the project relates to the name - i.e. if there's some single holdover remnant or concept about it or if it's a hodgepodge of parts or something. Seems like it might be due to the modular nature of the kernel being spread across several Rust Crates. Clever reference!

From the "High Level Overview" doc (not the readme) :

> The Theseus kernel is composed of many small entities, each contained within a single Rust crate, and built all together as a cargo virtual workspace.

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I think its because they want to enable hot-swapping elements of the kernel, so you could have replaced every part of the kernel without ever having to have rebooted.