Steve Litt wrote at 2014-09-28 22:04 -0500: > On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:10:52 -0500 green <greenfreedo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Microkernels, as I understand, aim to support a highly modular system > > *design* but are themselves minimal (Minix 3 has about 4000 lines of > > executable kernel code). This "core code" can be more easily audited > > and maintained. Servers, eg. device drivers, are supervised and can > > not bring down the system (in the context of the kernel). (See > > <http://www.minix3.org/other/reliability.html>.) > > > > So yes, perhaps one major reason some people dislike systemd (too much > > "core code") is the same reason some people like the microkernel > > design. > > I don't think anyone had a problem with the concepts around > microkernel. The problem is that nobody in the Free Software community > could write a decent microkernel.
NetBSD's "anykernel" and DragonFlyBSD's "hybrid" kernel designs could be considered at least to incorporate parts of the microkernel design. -- 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/20140929140447.GK4740@swansys
