Can we run MirageOS on a bare metal server for better performance.

[kshv190]

I know it runs on hypervisors like Xen and etc, but would like to use full performance like running it on a bare metal server?

[hannesm]

Hi, thanks for your interest. There's certainly some work in this area:

• Add Raspberry Pi 4 target #1253 or rather https://github.com/dinosaure/gilbraltar runs MirageOS on a Raspberry PI directly (though no network interface driver) by @dinosaure
• ESP32 https://www.lortex.org/esp32/ here @TheLortex pioneered cross-compilation of MirageOS3 and running it on ESP32 microcontrollers.

Thus, yes it can be done. I've not seen it with bare-metal x86 hardware though -- and a big issue are drivers for network cards etc.

[kshv190]

Thanks for responding. I would like to know if I run it on a hypervisor doesn't it defeat the purpose of performance (due to no context switching).