> In recent incantations we've got what are called 'kernel threads' --
> Really what they amount to are a little piece of the micro-kernel world
> sneaking into the macro-kernel of Linux.
This is still a far shot from a MK, however - there are no protection
boundaries to cross between kernel threads. As the protection boundaries
are simultaneously the big plus (stability) and big minus (performance) of
the microkernel approach, this difference is quite significant.
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