Re: Monolithic Vs. Microkernel

From: Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Date: Tue Feb 26 2002 - 04:49:13 EST


> On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 11:11:59PM -0700, Rakesh Kumar Banka wrote:
> > Anyone working on the Microkernel implementation
> > of Linux? Specially in the area of seperating the process
> > and the file management activities out of the kernel.
>
> Not if they learned from history, they aren't. But the Hurd could use
> your help, they're a microkernel.

There are several Linux on microkernel implementations around, thankfully
using something that can really be called a microkernel. With the "we
want to run 10,000 copies of Linux on a box" market boom it may well prove
to have a practical use one day - as well as the security partitioning one
which some people overlook (and paranoid security people often do not mind
a small performance hit)

Alan
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