Date: Sat, 8 Mar 2003 01:11:11 +0100 From: Matthias Buelow <mkb@mukappabeta.de> To: Bill Moran <wmoran@potentialtech.com> Cc: Damien Tougas <damien@tougas.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A question about kernel modules Message-ID: <20030308001111.GB7867@moghedien.mukappabeta.net> In-Reply-To: <3E68FBD4.2090401@potentialtech.com> References: <200303071155.43785.damien@tougas.net> <3E68FBD4.2090401@potentialtech.com>
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Bill Moran writes: >First would be historical. BSD is historically a monolithic kernel. The >more >you rely on modules, the more the kernel acts like a microkernel. I suspect The kernel will still not be a microkernel.. it doesn't really matter at what time the stuff is linked; a microkernel generally uses message passing between mostly independent server processes, which is not what the BSD kernel does. -- Matthias Buelow To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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