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If they keep all third parties out of their kernel, could this ease a possible x86-to-ARM transition?

• internalthief 7y ago
  Yes, absolutely.
• flqn 7y ago
  Potentially, though there are other solutions that could be used. There was a product they used a while back during the transition to x86 architecture that did code translation, for example. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/QuickTransit
  • TazeTSchnitzel 7y ago
    That would work with user-space extensions, but would it work in the kernel?
  • saagarjha 7y ago
    (Better known as Rosetta, when Apple licensed it.)
  • skunkworker 7y ago
    That was and still is an impressive piece of code. Another more recent one is the RPCS3 PS3 Emulator, emulating the async PPC cell chip on modern x86 processors.