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(Wild idea) I wonder whether NetBSD could be turned into something like device drivers or firmware? Ie it always provides the same interfaces to a hosting *BSD
by ianai 3y ago
(Wild idea) I wonder whether NetBSD could be turned into something like device drivers or firmware? Ie it always provides the same interfaces to a hosting *BSD OS which reflects the hardware. It maybe actually runs on whatever device it’s accessing.
Then have OpenBSD tackle system security areas, it’d be a hosting OS. Think minimal, loaded into ram, and maybe system paths mounted ro. Have FreeBSD handle the user interface, possibly somehow the user facing FS, too.
It’s fun to dream ;)
- SubjectToChange 3y agoProjects like devicetree exist to help standardize device drivers. (Wild idea) I wonder whether NetBSD could be turned into something like device drivers or firmware? This is actually quite common. The Qualcomm modem in your phone is very likely running QuRT, Intel ME famously runs Minix, Apple apparently uses some version of the L4 micro-kernel family in their Secure Enclave IIRC.
- Avshalom 3y agoIt's not that wild of an idea. Some one has probably played around with using the net bad rump kernel in openbsd.
- LargoLasskhyfv 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel