> No, Darwin (FreeBSD) *does* run on top of CMU Mach 4.4 just like the > old Nextstep/Openstep on which it's based. I think they have migrated > to a newer version of Mach, but it's still Mach. > No it doesn't run on *top* of Mach because it doesn't use it as a microkernel. Darwin is monolithic and its based on Mach 3 not 4.4. This was already discussed on freebsd/opendarwin mailing lists. <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-hackers/2004-July/007467.html> <http://www.opendarwin.org/pipermail/hackers/2003-April/003805.html> <http://unix.derkeiler.com/Mailing-Lists/FreeBSD/arch/2005-01/0054.html> <http://www.opendarwin.org/pipermail/discuss/2004-October/004749.html>
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