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minus-squareleftzero@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoThe NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
minus-squareAllero@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 days agoGotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw
minus-squareTheWilliamist@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days agoTo be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
minus-squareoctoblade@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·7 days agoYeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.
The NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
Gotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw
To be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
Yeah, porting the kernel is the “easy” part for any OS. Its the user space and building up a software ecosystem for the new architecture that is a pain in the ass.