Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2000 10:00:54 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@yogotech.com> To: "Andrew Reilly" <areilly@bigpond.net.au> Cc: Jordan Hubbard <jkh@winston.osd.bsdi.com>, Patryk Zadarnowski <pat@jantar.org>, Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, SteveB <admin@bsdfan.cncdsl.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel type Message-ID: <14908.61766.86624.306668@nomad.yogotech.com> In-Reply-To: <20001217203917.A42764@gurney.reilly.home> References: <pat@jantar.org> <85112.977020676@winston.osd.bsdi.com> <20001217203917.A42764@gurney.reilly.home>
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> > > PS. Before this starts a flame war, let me say that I really believe > > > that MacOS X is a very good thing for everyone involved, although the > > > choice of Mach for the microkernel seems a little arbitrary if not > > > misguided. > > > > It's hardly arbitrary, though the jury's still out as to whether it's > > misguided or not. You may remember that Apple bought a little company > > called NeXT a few years back. Well, that company's people had a lot > > to do with the OS design of OS X and let's not forget the design of > > NeXTStep. > > Yeah, but in what sense is that use of Mach a serious > microkernel, if it's only got one server: BSD? I've never > understood the point of that sort of use. It makes sense for a > QNX or GNU/Hurd or minix or Amoeba style of architecture, but > how does Mach help Apple, instead of using the bottom half of > BSD as well as the top half? Kernel threads out of the box? Nate To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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