Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 02:08:40 +0200 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Component-based Operating System. Message-ID: <g6ln2e$c7k$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <488E4027.6070807@telenix.org> References: <Pine.NEB.4.64.0807281813020.5391@sdf.lonestar.org> <g6l4r9$hh1$1@ger.gmane.org> <488E4027.6070807@telenix.org>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Chuck Robey wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: >> Juan Carlos Villalobos wrote: >>> Hello, >>> >>> I am writing a paper on Component-based Operating Systems. I just >>> wanted to know if FreeBSD is an Operating System engineered based on >>> Components. >>> >>> I appreciate your input on this. >> "Components" is a wide, wide term. Since FreeBSD as an operating system >> consists of separate libraries, headers, executables, and both the >> kernel and the userland have subsystems that are more-or-less autonomic >> and independent, you could say it's componentized. You need to be more >> specific to get a more specific answer. > > Yeah, that's true, but not very informative. Look, I don't follow OSes all that > much anymore, but if I had to call up an OS that would be made up of more of a > set of indenpendent pieces, I think I would choose the GNU Hurd OS. From > everything I read, it was never very successful, if one counts the ability to > return some good throughput as being successful ... or, maybe they have some > other characteristic which I'm not aware of. > > Anyhow, the HURD (at least in concept) is far, far more of a component based OS > than anything else I'm aware of is. It's an interesting concept, at the very > least, and I do understand it works. Yes, if the OP is talking about microkernels, FreeBSD isn't it. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFIjl+NldnAQVacBcgRArx3AKDrXHITyDZmosyuxb9iOvR8KtrhqQCfabgo Md4huJ6/YnxE0NJuv4iR7Ng= =lKM2 -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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