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Jun 28 17:27 UTC

One man, two kernels, and a lot of RISC-V (theregister.com)

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  1. 1. sillywalk||context
    Previous Discussion about QSOE:

    QSOE: QNX-inspired OS with dual-kernel architecture (qsoe-dev.blogspot.com)

    44 points by ymz5 3 days ago | flag | hide | past | favorite | 27 comments

    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48630085

  2. 2. CyberDildonics||context
    This title unfortunately does not give any information about what the article is about.
  3. 3. lproven||context
    It is about the hobby projects of Yuri Zaporozhets.

    Over the last few years, he has:

    * Taken the last public source code snapshot of QNX, version 6.4, got it building again and then ported this 32-bit kernel to 64-bit RISC-V

    * Built a new RISC-V based IBM-PC-like personal computer from scratch on an FPGA

    * Built a little-endian IBM S/360-like mainframe on the same FPGA

    * Built a new RISC-V RTOS inspired by QNX but FOSS, with 2 alternate kernels: his own multiprocessor microkernel, or seL4.

    Which is you see too much to fit into an HN title.

  4. 4. lmm||context
    HN moderation policy is to replace informative submitter-chosen titles with the title of the linked article in most cases.
  5. 5. Brian_K_White||context
    Is it not about a developer and kernels and risc-v ? ... what do you know, it is.

    The Register editor doesn't need that refresher course you're offering after all.

  6. 6. lproven||context
    :-)

    Thank you!

    (And for the implicit acknowledgement that, as a mere reporter, I don't have much influence over the headlines at all, and most often the editors don't use my proposed headline, subhead, or often intro paragraph.)

  7. 7. CyberDildonics||context
    I don't have much influence over the headlines at all

    So it's a bad low information title and you aren't defending it and know it's bad, or it's just fine to have a low information title? Seems like you're playing both sides here and not taking responsibility.

  8. 8. CyberDildonics||context
    Is it not about a developer

    Not even a word from the title.

    and kernels and risc-v

    That's like writing an article about a world cup game and titling it "some guys, a ball and a field".

    The Register editor doesn't need that refresher course you're offering after all.

    I think you're hallucinating things that were never said.

    Since you mention it though, this is journalism 101 taught in middle school english. You don't need a where on the internet, but there is no who, what and why.

  9. 9. Brian_K_White||context
    "Is it not about a developer

    Not even a word from the title."

    Fucking first sentence let alone the rest "Yuri Zaporozhets of QRV Systems is a busy chap. He's built a new RISC-V-based personal computer, a mainframe on an FPGA, and rewritten QNX – twice."

    What do you get out of this? It's bizarre.

  10. 10. lproven||context
    Oh, hey, that's one of mine. Thanks for posting it.