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> one could imagine a boot loader that loads the main unikernel at a random address, sets up page tables with NX, and then makes a one-way transition to ring 3
by language 9y ago
> one could imagine a boot loader that loads the main unikernel at a random address, sets up page tables with NX, and then makes a one-way transition to ring 3
True - I suppose I'm trying to hold onto the "kernel:hypervisor :: process:unikernel" analogy here for no good reason. Following it suggested that it might be the hypervisor's responsibility.