Rethinking the kernel assignment

[gjf2a]

It would be cool to present the kernel as a two-part process:

• students write programs that would run on the kernel.
  • I would provide a simulator for them to run such programs.
  • These programs should be able to be interesting.
    • Simple video games, for instance.
    • I could restructure bare-metal-game along these lines.
      • They do learn a TON from that assignment, though!
• Then the provision of services by the kernel becomes more meaningful.
  • There would need to be a way to move their programs into our dummy RAM disk.