An alternative TTY layer

Posted Apr 27, 2017 22:19 UTC (Thu) by jkingweb (subscriber, #113039)
In reply to: An alternative TTY layer by mm7323
Parent article: An alternative TTY layer

> Isn't the logical conclusion of such work essentially a _new_ kernel with some interfaces compatible with the Linux kernel (syscall, drivers, netlink etc...).

That's certainly what it sounds like to me. I don't see how you you benefit from active maintenance of the kernel if you throw huge chunks of it away.

An alternative TTY layer

Posted Apr 27, 2017 22:54 UTC (Thu) by Cyberax (✭ supporter ✭, #52523) [Link]

It's not all-or-nothing. For example, you might want a couple of full-scale feature-rich subsystems and to get them you just need to throw a switch in the config file. With a separate OS you'll have to actually reimplement the full-scale systems (with all the resulting bugs and issues).