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.
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leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 days agoThe NT kernel is built on top of a hardware abstraction layer, which should make it easier to port it to different architectures.
octoblade@lemmynsfw.com 1 day ago
TheWilliamist@lemmy.world 1 day ago
To be fair, most/all kernels are written on a hardware abstraction layer, although lot of that kernel was built off of VMS… 😂
Allero@lemmy.today 8 hours ago
Gotta say, that is the most technical picture ever posted from lemmynsfw