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My opinion is yes, it does, because all useful exposure to the outside world (non-priviledgedprivileged processor mode) would first require a process running in the outside world. That would require a file system, even a temporary, in-RAM, file system.

Another engineer disagrees with me, but I can't seem to prove this beyond all (unknown to me) cases.

Does the answer to this question depend on the definition of 'running'?

My opinion is yes, it does, because all useful exposure to the outside world (non-priviledged processor mode) would first require a process running in the outside world. That would require a file system, even a temporary, in-RAM, file system.

Another engineer disagrees with me, but I can't seem to prove this beyond all (unknown to me) cases.

Does the answer to this question depend on the definition of 'running'?

My opinion is yes, it does, because all useful exposure to the outside world (non-privileged processor mode) would first require a process running in the outside world. That would require a file system, even a temporary, in-RAM, file system.

Another engineer disagrees with me, but I can't seem to prove this beyond all (unknown to me) cases.

Does the answer to this question depend on the definition of 'running'?

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Does the Linux kernel need a file system to run?

My opinion is yes, it does, because all useful exposure to the outside world (non-priviledged processor mode) would first require a process running in the outside world. That would require a file system, even a temporary, in-RAM, file system.

Another engineer disagrees with me, but I can't seem to prove this beyond all (unknown to me) cases.

Does the answer to this question depend on the definition of 'running'?