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Re: [MirageOS-devel] MirageOS on more than 1 vCPU?

To: "Nadathur, Sundar" <sundar.nadathur@xxxxxxxxx>

From: Anil Madhavapeddy <anil@xxxxxxxxxx>

Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2017 18:12:03 +0000

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On 23 Mar 2017, at 18:05, Nadathur, Sundar <sundar.nadathur@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi, > Is it correct to say that MirageOS executes as a single process on a > single vCPU only? IOW, a MirageOS unikernel cannot run on multiple vCPUs, > correct? That's correct; there is no multicore support in the existing stable OCaml, and although it is possible to run multiple independent runtimes in a single unikernel, we have not implemented this. > > If so, are there any plans to add that feature? Multicore OCaml is being actively developed by the OCaml Labs group in Cambridge. Check out recent activity here: http://ocamllabs.io/doc/multicore.html There should be a workable system this year sometime, and I imagine MirageOS support will follow that... regards, Anil _______________________________________________ MirageOS-devel mailing list MirageOS-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.xenproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mirageos-devel

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