On Tue, 15 Jul 2014 06:36:54 +0000 Bonno Bloksma <b.blok...@tio.nl> wrote:
> Hi, > > >Steve Litt wrote at 2014-07-11 11:21 -0500: > >> A bizarre thought just popped into my head, in the form of a > >> little voice. The little voice told me that if they guys who > >> controlled the decision to go to systemd had been the decision > >> makers in 1990, Linux would have a microkernel today. > > > > Regarding history and microkernels, this document about the > > reliability features of Minix is very interesting: > > > > http://www.minix3.org/docs/jorrit-herder/osr-jul06.pdf > > Hmm, very nice to read. It proves that an inherent stable OS using a > microkernel design is possible. And they even build and tested it in > the wild. > > Bonno Bloksma Yes, that article was surprisingly logical and laid out the case for a microkernel extremely well. I hereby take back my original statement. The microkernel is 5K lines of code. I have a feeling that systemd has a few more lines of code than that. SteveT Steve Litt * http://www.troubleshooters.com/ Troubleshooting Training * Human Performance -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20140715103701.1c8a2...@mydesq2.domain.cxm
