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Hello im an amateur OSdev who already worked on a simple Monolothic Kernel. Since i started learning Kernel Design Theory i was fascinated by ExoKernels. So i was asking how could i implement my own Exo in x86?
Should I switch to ring3 for applications?
Where do i implement the Memory Manager the common Drivers and the other Kernel services? Is it all done by libOs?

Thanks in advance.

Maqstcharub wrote:So i was asking how could i implement my own Exo in x86?

Not too different from how you implement any other kernel, just with fewer abstractions. Instead of filesystems, you have block devices. Instead of a network stack, you have packet devices.

Maqstcharub wrote:Should I switch to ring3 for applications?

Probably, yes. The kernel's job is to multiplex hardware, so running applications in ring 3 ensures that applications can only access things they have permission to access. (Of course, if they can access DMA-capable hardware, they may be able to bypass some of the protection ring 3 offers...)

Maqstcharub wrote:Where do i implement the Memory Manager the common Drivers and the other Kernel services?

Wherever you like. Put those all in the kernel and you'll have a monolithic exokernel. Put those all in userspace and you'll have a micro-exokernel.