On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 21:59, Rick Troth wrote: > Given the loadable module support in Linux, one could almost call it > "modular". (I can hear Alan Cox now!) Perhaps it will evolve into > more of what the microkernel purists would demand. I hope so! > Even now, it is a far cry from the truly monolithic thing it once was.
Modular - good engineering Microkernel - strange religion Not that there are not some *very* good uses for a Microkernel done right. QNX is a fine example, as is AmigaOS. Microkernel cores are also a very good way to do OS partitioning on top of a mathematically verifiable security layer. Mach is not a microkernel either - its *huge*. Something like L4 is.
