From owner-freebsd-hackers Fri Dec 15 16:48:41 2000 From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 15 16:48:39 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from pike.osd.bsdi.com (pike.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.222]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 92A5937B400 for ; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:48:38 -0800 (PST) Received: from laptop.baldwin.cx (john@jhb-laptop.osd.bsdi.com [204.216.28.241]) by pike.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.1/8.9.3) with ESMTP id eBG0mNE35852; Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:48:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jhb@FreeBSD.org) Message-ID: X-Mailer: XFMail 1.4.0 on FreeBSD X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2000 16:48:38 -0800 (PST) From: John Baldwin To: SteveB Subject: RE: kernel type Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.org Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 16-Dec-00 SteveB wrote: > > Sorry for such a basic question, but I have been looking and can't > find the answer. Is FreeBSD as microkernel or monolithic kernel like > Linux? Can someone point me to the answer/ Well, it's a monolithic kernel with a built in run-time linker that allows you to load and unload parts of the kernel on the fly while the system is running. However, you can only unload something that was loaded from a module and not the main kernel file itself. > TIA > Steve B. -- John Baldwin -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.baldwin.cx/~john/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message