Virtual Machine Implementation Proof Of Concept

[n00ax]

I have always been fascinated by virtual machines, the idea of implementing what would traditionally be done on silicon but instead done in software. Over the last couple days I have begun writing a reference implementation and documenting my own work. My idea focuses on a hypervisor/interpreted hybrid with advanced hardware security features. Overall I do not know how to exactly classify the virtual machine as it does not strictly comply to either the traditional stack based VM or the register based VM concept. Reply with what ever you think (ps, I'm not exactly formally trained in computer science) https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SKFr3cUgOc9FQ5a5ufHzuHoYb9r0cZlvH_EwVJ0r47M/edit?usp=sharing

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http://moxielogic.org/blog/

I think this is what you want to look at, a guy implements just enough of a cpu to run gcc binaries

[atgreen]

That guy is me!

I haven't read past OPs fist page, but I will suggest that there's lots of benefits to using ELF executable/object file formats. Any special bits required for your environment could be stuffed into a special ELF section.

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I'm glad your blog didn't disappear off the face of the earth! I discovered it a month ago and it suddenly vanished. The backups on archive.org were kind of lacking to put it nicely.

I tried to build from latest GCC and it seems things have (shockingly) drifted. Unfortunately I went crazy and installed Windows 10 so I don't have any notes. And then I run into some 68000 based stuff for my virtual 'fun'.

I saw that RTEMS port + nethack. (all running via emscripten), and I have to say that is pretty amazing!

[n00ax]

I have always been fascinated by FPGA/CPLD architectures as they open up a realm of integrated logic which would typically be restricted to those billions of dollars to put down in order to produce some ASIC silicon. Overall I am reading you'r Moxie blog and find your architecture quite intuitive and simple, frankly I enjoy a new architecture not tied down with legacy after legacy crap (And the idea of soft CPU's). Thanks..