[coyotos-dev] Thoughts on (non)persistence

[Jonathan S. Shapiro]

On Thu, 2005-01-27 at 02:12 +0000, David Hopwood wrote:
> > We may eventually be able to add persistence back to the kernel.  If we
> > succeed in verifying a non-persistent kernel, that would be a time to
> > consider adding persistence.  We have been careful not to make any
> > changes to the design that would preclude persistence.
> 
> If we intend to support orthogonal persistence, then the *easiest* way to
> do that is to design it in from the beginning. Whether it is part of the
> kernel or not is a secondary issue.

We do not plan to support orthogonal persistence in Coyotos at any
level. If we discover belatedly that this was a mistake, we know how to
put it back in to the kernel in the same way that EROS did it.


shap