Re: Linux is a MicroKernal? [was Re: is Linux obsolete?]
Dan Hollis (goemon@sasami.anime.net)
Sun, 30 May 1999 19:24:11 -0700 (PDT)
On Sun, 30 May 1999, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Linux modules are in the same address space as the kernel. In a
> > micro-kernel ``modules'' are in their own address space. This is
> Not in OSF/Mach mklinux
> Mind you mach and micro aren't always obviously related. Things like L4
> give a much clearer view of what a microkernel is meant to be about.
How about Microware's OS/9? Supposedly they put the "micro" in
"microkernel".
-Dan
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