The Design and Implementation of the Anykernel and Rump Kernels

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Preface
Meet the new boss
Same as the old boss
– The Who
The document you are reading is an extension of the production quality implementation
I used to verify the statements that I put forth in this dissertation. The implementation
and this document mutually support each other, and cross-referencing
one while studying the other will allow for a more thorough understanding of this
work. As usually happens, many people contributed to both, and I will do my best
below to account for the ones who made major contributions.
In the professor department, my supervisor Heikki Saikkonen has realized that figuring
things out properly takes a lot of time, so he did not pressure me for status
updates when there was nothing new worth reporting. When he challanged me on
my writing, his comments were to the point. He also saw the connecting points of
my work and put me in touch with several of my later key contacts.
At the beginning of my journey, I had discussions with Juha Tuominen, the professor
I worked for during my undergraduate years. Our discussions about doctoral work
were on a very high level, but I found myself constantly going back to them, and I
still remember them now, seven years later.
I thank my preliminary examiners, Kirk McKusick and Renzo Davoli, for the extra
effort they made to fully understand my work before giving their verdicts. They not
only read the manuscript, but also familiarized themselves with the implementation
andmanualpages.