Date: Sun, 6 Feb 2005 12:12:05 +1030 From: Greg 'groggy' Lehey <grog@FreeBSD.org> To: Nicholas Ink <quantescape@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD: Monolithic Kernel or Microkernel? Message-ID: <20050206014205.GC49637@wantadilla.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <2fe871a43eb6fc1133f7b4b24f0ec189@comcast.net> References: <2fe871a43eb6fc1133f7b4b24f0ec189@comcast.net>
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On Saturday, 5 February 2005 at 20:39:21 -0500, Nicholas Ink wrote:
> Hi.
> I've heard conflicting reports about the true nature of FreeBSD's
> kernel and whether it is a microkernel or a monolithic kernel. Does
> anybody know which it definitively is
It's monolithic. It is possible to add separate modules ("kernel
loadable modules"), but that doesn't change the overall structure.
> and where on the FreeBSD website I can find out more about this
> topic?
It's possible that that is missing. I certainly can't point to
anything there.
Greg
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