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Santosh83 ◴[08 Jan 25 18:46 UTC] No.42637177[source]▶

Read somewhere that it is relatively easy to adapt NetBSD's drivers into a custom kernel... maybe Serenity folks can go that way? Device drivers are huge obstacle for any fledgling OS.

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1. rogerbinns ◴[08 Jan 25 20:35 UTC] No.42638178[source]▶

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Rump kernel/anykernel is the concept. The drivers can run in user space with minimal underlying support.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rump_kernel

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Bringing SerenityOS to real hardware, one driver at a time