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ByteDance Proposes "Parker" for Linux: Multiple Kernels Running Simultaneously

27 points| DHowett | 5 months ago |phoronix.com

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qafy|5 months ago

Ok, but why?

SpaghettiCthulu|5 months ago

From TFA:

> The primary use case in mind for parker is on the machines with high core counts, where scalability concerns may arise. Once started, there is no communication between kernel instances. In other words, they share nothing thus improve scalability.

cyrc|5 months ago

Think it can be used for lockstep computing.

Also seems to be a way to bring microkernel benefit to Linux. Isolate system services.