Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 30 May 1999 20:34:07 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Michael B. Trausch" <> | Subject | Re:Linux is a MicroKernal? (was:is linux obsolete) |
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On Sun, 30 May 1999, Steve Bergman wrote: > "G. Allen Morris III" wrote: > > > Linux modules are in the same address space as the kernel. In a > > micro-kernel ``modules'' are in their own address space. This is > > why micro-kernels are slower than traditional kernels. > > > > It is because of this slowness that micro-kernels are sometimes very > > large, as in the case of NT. To speed up a micro-kernel you put the > > more important parts into the kernel proper. > > > > So what is a microkernel, really? Does putting the GUI into the kernel >
Excuse my ignorance, as I'm only 16 and I haven't had the oppourtunity to take any CS related classes on OS design or anything -- but what is a monolithic kernel and microkernel, and what is the difference between the two, from a technical standpoint?
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