Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:12:32 -0500 From: Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> To: Stephane Bortzmeyer <stephane@laperouse.internatif.org> Cc: FreeBSD questions List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Why userland , basesystem and Kernel are together?! Message-ID: <3FD7FCC0.6040707@mindcore.net> In-Reply-To: <20031210163541.GA800@fetiche.sources.org> References: <012701c3bde4$4acf2b30$019c9752@xp> <20031209013027.GC1099@zi025.glhnet.mhn.de> <03da01c3be90$032636f0$019c9752@xp> <3FD633A9.20801@mindcore.net> <20031210163541.GA800@fetiche.sources.org>
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Stephane Bortzmeyer wrote: >On Tue, Dec 09, 2003 at 03:42:17PM -0500, > Scott W <wegster@mindcore.net> wrote > a message of 104 lines which said: > > > >>1. Kernel. Umm, I hope I don't have to expain this one ;-) >> >> > > > >>2. Core system- This one can likely be argued a bit with bsd (and >> >> > > > >>3. userland apps- Kernel and core make a rudimentary system, but >> >> > >I don't have the Handbook to check and I'm offline at the present time >but I'm suprised. I thought that "userland" meaned "everything which >is not the kernel", including the base system. > >What you call "userland", "everything but the base system", seems to >be what the Handbook calls the ports. >_______________________________________________ >freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > Your statement's completely true- 'userland' is anything outside of the kernel....but for explanations sake to the original poster, it seemed the most fitting explanation. I guess it would have been better worded as 'all the rest of the apps' AKA ports :-) Sorry for any confusion... Scott
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