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

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Branch: pkgsrc-2013Q4, Version: 20130705, Package name: rump-20130705, 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: a8481e2b5586db82aa2d3ae01c0101dda6c1a9ec
RMD160: e248eb291c58003cda56f64c628876bdbd282a00
Filesize: 27203.084 KB

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