Re: A Layered Kernel: Proposal

[Grigor Gatchev]

On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Rik van Riel wrote:

> On Tue, 24 Feb 2004, Grigor Gatchev wrote:
>
> > A Layered Kernel
> > Proposal
>
> Sounds like a reasonable description of how Linux already
> works, with the exception of badly written code that has
> layering violations.

It's not about how Linux works, but about how the kernel should work. But
you are right, the kernel is already structured in a way convenient to go
for it.

> I'm all for cleaning up the badly written code so it fits
> in better with the rest of the kernel ;)

Unhappily, cleaning up would not be enough. A separation of the kernel
layers, to the extent that one may be able to use them independently, and
to plug modules between them (having the appropriate access) may be
better.


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