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Re: Diagram

Guilherme Melo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 16:40:30 GMT

The "kernel runtime" in my chart is only a label for the purple layer, not a "block" inside it.

Re: Diagram

Ben Kloosterman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:12:26 GMT

That's better and that's what I propose. 1.Note the Service ( as notmal app but auto restart) is a category which you can delete or leave it eg it

Re: Diagram was JIT

Matthijs ter Woord — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 08:15:04 GMT

Over here the colors show up fine.. ... Over here the colors show up fine.. On Thu, Jul 9, 2009 at 9:54 AM, Guilherme Melo < lgtuito@... > wrote:

Re: Diagram was JIT

Guilherme Melo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:55:36 GMT

Basically this? Customizable Cosmos User Kit (The user chooses whatever devices, file systems and programs to use) Mono Runtime + Plug layer Dispatcher /

Diagram was JIT

Ben Kloosterman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 07:35:54 GMT

Hi Comments 1. IL2CPU would only Run when you choose to install an app so I wouldn't add it to the diagram. 2. Memory manager ( and Physical

Re: JIT

Chad Z. Hower — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:33:56 GMT

Yes, exactly. :)

Re: JIT

Guilherme Melo — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:27:04 GMT

I see. Then, if i read you correctly, you're suggesting we won't have a "mono layer" ? If so, the Kernel could be as "simple" as this: Kernel Runtime (Managed,

Re: JIT

Ben Kloosterman — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 02:16:38 GMT

That probably deserved more of an explanation. A Managed OS is not like a traditional one you can't just download an assembly and run it with a light weight

JIT

Guilherme Melo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:58:05 GMT

There was this conversation yesterday over skype: This was after i updated the chart at the website and some members asked why we need mono runtime. [04:58:59]

Re: IPC

Ben Kloosterman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 10:12:15 GMT

Don't forget these messages are not just kernel to user app but also user app to user app or service to service. I think there are better ways to solve the

Re: IPC

Ben Kloosterman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:42:23 GMT

Hi Stephen , Eg MemoryManager Subclasses KernelMessage. So you have RequestMemoryMessage ... Verification can be a sender capability ( see wiki article at the

Re: IPC

Ben Kloosterman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:03:19 GMT

I agree that a message system makes it easier for separating stuff into individual blocks thus simplifying it. The processes could make a call like:

Re: IPC

Guilherme Melo — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:50:21 GMT

oh, you almost got me! Well, maybe by passing a message descriptor by parameter to the kernel! MessageDescriptor d = MemoryManagerMessageDescriptor (); d.from

Re: GC Implementation - Ignore plz

Ben Kloosterman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:49:24 GMT

MemoryManager manages pages. The GCs request pages from it. Regards, Ben From: Cosmos-Dev@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Cosmos-Dev@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of

Re: Cosmos Design picture

Ben Kloosterman — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 07:46:36 GMT

Heh he no..Howver its worth considering Quad core Hyper threaded CPus as the future. This is particularly onerous on OS designers and locking as ANY CPU can