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# Zion Microkernel
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The Zion Microkernel is a capability based kernel. The types of objects that
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processes can hold a capability to exist in the `object/` directory. The system calls
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used to interact with them are enumerated in `include/zcall.h` and are implemented
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in the `syscalls/` directory.
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The system uses a barebones ELF loader (`loader/init_loader.h`) to jump to userspace
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but from there userspace processes are responsible for loading child processes into
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memory and executing them.
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## Open Work
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The [TODO file](TODO.md) enumerates current areas for improvement.
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