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 Here should be an index of architectural ideas for different osFree components. Here should be an index of architectural ideas for different osFree components.
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 +==== A microkernel (currently, L4/Fiasco.OC) ====
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 ==== Personality-Neutral Services ==== ==== Personality-Neutral Services ====
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 Wrappers for Linux/FreeBSD/etc drivers to work on l4env/l4re/Genode Wrappers for Linux/FreeBSD/etc drivers to work on l4env/l4re/Genode
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 +==== Multiple Virtual Machines (MVM) personality ====
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 +=== A historical note ===
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 +The term "MVM" goes from OS/2 (PowerPC). It replaces the term "MVDM" (Multiple Virtual **DOS** Machines). The PowerPC platform could not so easily emulate the Intel processor real mode, so it required more emulation. Though, we must say that it worked just fine, fast, and theoretically may be used not for DOS only. (IBM had plans to provide a binary compatibility with OS/2 (Intel), on the base of the same component which was used to run DOS Apps). 
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 +Read more on [[en:docs:general:mvm|MVM personality]]
  
 ==== OS/2 Personality ==== ==== OS/2 Personality ====