Panel: What is a Lightweight kernel?

  • Rolf Riesen
  • , Arthur Maccabe
  • , Balazs Gerofi
  • , David N. Lombard
  • , John Lange
  • , Kevin Pedretti
  • , Kurt Ferreira
  • , Mike Lang
  • , Pardo Keppel
  • , Robert W. Wisniewski
  • , Ron Brightwell
  • , Todd Inglett
  • , Yoonho Park
  • , Yutaka Ishikawa

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7 Scopus citations

Abstract

Lightweight kernels (LWK) have been in use on the compute nodes of supercomputers for decades. Although many high-end systems now run Linux, interest in options and alternatives has increased in the last couple of years. Future extreme-scale systems require rethinking of the operating system, and modern LWKs may well play a role in the final solution. In the course of our research, it has become clear that no single definition for a lightweight kernel exists. This paper describes what we mean by the term and what makes LWKs different from other operating system kernels.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2015 - In conjunction with HPDC 2015
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery, Inc
ISBN (Electronic)9781450336062
DOIs
StatePublished - Jun 16 2015
Event5th International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2015 - Portland, United States
Duration: Jun 16 2015 → …

Publication series

NameProceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2015 - In conjunction with HPDC 2015

Conference

Conference5th International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers, ROSS 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPortland
Period06/16/15 → …

Keywords

  • High performance computing
  • Hybrid kernels
  • Lightweight kernels
  • Multi kernels

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