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Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 21 Jul 1996 22:15:58 +0100 (BST)

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> I saw in a post on one of the newsgroups that the linux kernel can not
> become a microkernel ever? How come? What are the advantages/disadvantages?

A monlithic OS is faster than a microkernel based system. If you _have_ to then
you can run Linux as a server of the OSF Mach microkernel - they even claim
to be getting passable performance now

http://www.mklinux.apple.com

Alan

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