Mint: Booting multiple Linux kernels on a multicore processor

Yoshinari Nomura, Ryota Senzaki, Daiki Nakahara, Hiroshi Ushio, Tetsuya Kataoka, Hideo Taniguchi

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the implementation and evaluation of the Mint operating system, which runs multiple Linux instances by partitioning cores, memory blocks, and I/O devices. The proposed method is not a type of virtualization, hence, it makes the most efficient use of available cores. By performing some evaluations, we confirmed that all OS instances in Mint have performances equal to those in the original Vanilla Linux. In addition, because all the instances are completely independent of one another, Mint will not be affected by performance issues, even under the forthcoming many-core environments. In addition, each instance is fully armored Linux. This means that users can still use existing software assets.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2011 International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA 2011
Pages555-560
Number of pages6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event6th International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA-2011 - Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Duration: Oct 26 2011Oct 28 2011

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2011 International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA 2011

Other

Other6th International Conference on Broadband and Wireless Computing, Communication and Applications, BWCCA-2011
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona, Catalonia
Period10/26/1110/28/11

Keywords

  • Linux
  • Mint
  • multicore
  • virtualization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications

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