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Thanks. The problem is, I actually have already read the appropriate sections of the FAQ & some rumpkernel.org pages, but I'm still confused. (I've written my original question out of frustration that things didn't become clear after all the reading.) I'm starting to think it may be best to dive in and try reading the "book" referenced in the FAQ (i.e. the Antti's PhD paper). Seems actually very approachable for a regular non-sciency engineer, from first looks. And/or maybe the "tutorial" I've found at https://github.com/rumpkernel/wiki/wiki/Tutorial:-Getting-st...

I just saw this so not sure if you'll actually see this response, but rump kernel doesn't imply Xen or such, that is just a common thing people want to do with them. It just means kernel drivers that can be used outside the kernel. Anykernel refers to a kernel that can be used that way with minimal differences and without modifying individual drivers. So rump kernel is "libkernel" and an anykernel is one way to get a rump kernel. There is a FAQ with more information at: https://github.com/rumpkernel/wiki/wiki/Info:-FAQ I'm pretty sure that Antti created these terms, so it is an authoritative definition :).

Have you come across Rumpkernel? I'd recommend looking at that since it can work with legacy code. There's a static-website tutorial that describes how to use Nginx as a unikernel. http://rumpkernel.org/ https://github.com/rumpkernel/wiki/wiki/Tutorial%3A-Serve-a-...

https://github.com/mato/rump-php http://rumpkernel.org/ https://github.com/rumpkernel/wiki/wiki/Info:-Community Ask on the mailing list/irc if you need help... its still under development so not completetly obvious yet ;)