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by staticassertion 1377 days ago
Seems like a case for a unikernel running on bare metal. No copying bytes across kernel/user, no context switching at all.
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I guess I didn't realize unikernels could run on bare metal. I've only seen them running on a hypervisor.
I think they typically target hypervisors because it's far more likely that that's what people will want to run on, but there's nothing fundamental stopping a unikernel from running on bare metal.
Just like on most low end embedded systems. Bare metal rules there.
I almost wonder if I should try to get Shrine/TempleOS to do that. That could be a very interesting post.