GoKawiilMultikernel Technologies releases mklinux v7.0-mk2, running several Linux kernels on one server
Multikernel Technologies has published the first public version of its multikernel Linux tree, mklinux v7.0-mk2, which lets one physical machine run multiple independent Linux kernels simultaneously, each with dedicated CPU and memory allocations. A host kernel manages hardware assignment via device tree overlays and boots new kernel instances directly onto hardware using kexec, bypassing any hypervisor layer. The initial release supports only x86_64 systems, though the company says the architecture-specific code is built to allow future ports.
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This approach sits between virtualization and containers: unlike VMs it removes the hypervisor overhead, and unlike containers it avoids the shared-kernel security and isolation limits, potentially offering stronger isolation with near bare-metal performance. Multikernel Technologies is already building commercial products atop this tree, including live kernel patching without downtime and isolated GPU access for AI agent workloads, suggesting a push toward monetizing kernel-level isolation for cloud and AI infrastructure.
- mklinux v7.0-mk2 enables multiple independent kernels on a single physical server without a hypervisor.
- Hardware resources like CPUs and memory can be dynamically reassigned between running kernel instances via device tree overlays.
- Commercial products built on this tech include live kernel patching and isolated GPU access for AI agents, currently limited to x86_64.
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