./misc/rump, Virtualized NetBSD kernel components in userspace

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Branch: pkgsrc-2010Q3, Version: 20091108nb3, Package name: rump-20091108nb3, Maintainer: stacktic

Rump (Runnable Userspace Meta Program) is a mechanism for running kernel code
as part of a user program's address space. As opposed to executing system calls
for requesting kernel services, rump programs do a library call into the kernel
code for equivalent functionality. Kernel code is simply recompiled as a
userspace shared library from the kernel sources instead of being rewritten,
so services imitate the same services being provided by the kernel. Select
architectures such as i386 and amd64 also support directly linking binary
kernel modules against rump programs.

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SHA1: 8dec81da5d67e9d6257db8886e8f45c1786b1eea
RMD160: bbbcace41dc4da3d647d5ab2093ce0b2f26a98fc
Filesize: 9493.737 KB

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