Re: [MirageOS-devel] Lifecycle

[Nick Betteridge <lists.nick.betteridge@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 14/07/16 17:35, Nik Sultana wrote:
> I wonder if there's a mature interface for life-cycling lightweight
> processes in the Erlang ecosystem, perhaps covering the variety of
> phases you described originally. (I'm thinking of Erlang and lightweight
> processes since the lifecycle phases in the interface developed for such
> processes might be more germane for unikernels running microservices
> than, say, for more heavyweight VMs.)
> Erlang is particularly known for its lightweight processes and
> supervision-based monitoring model. IIRC at its simplest, this model
> involves supervisors restarting processes when they die, but perhaps a
> more sophisticated coordination model has been developed for some
> use-cases.
> This project comes to mind:
>   http://www.release-project.eu/
> How is the use-case you describe currently dealt with?

My Atmel Zigbit modem is currently strapped to my cubieboard - when I
destroy the unikernel, the radio carries on singing. Is that what
you're asking, or are you talking about modem management in general?

Incidentally, another use-case for STOP is for overwriting anything left
on a BLOCK device with zeros.

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