Re: Linux is a MicroKernal? [was Re: is Linux obsolete?]

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 30 May 1999 15:37:05 +0100 (BST)

> 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.

Alan

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