From owner-freebsd-current Thu Aug 6 11:36:49 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA25933 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:36:49 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ns1.yes.no (ns1.yes.no [195.119.24.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA25883 for ; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 11:36:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from eivind@bitbox.follo.net) Received: from bitbox.follo.net (bitbox.follo.net [195.204.143.218]) by ns1.yes.no (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA15799; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 18:36:00 GMT Received: (from eivind@localhost) by bitbox.follo.net (8.8.8/8.8.6) id UAA27330; Thu, 6 Aug 1998 20:35:59 +0200 (MET DST) Message-ID: <19980806203555.56458@follo.net> Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 20:35:55 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund To: Tom , Andrew Reilly Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up on LFS References: <19980806112955.A4299@reilly.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89.1i In-Reply-To: ; from Tom on Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 08:26:32PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 08:26:32PM -0700, Tom wrote: > Most microkernel OSes are this way. QNX for x86 does something similar. > The kernel is basically just a scheduler (a QNX kernel is less than 50K), 7k, IIRC. > and all other services that would normally be in the kernel are in their > own address spaces, using strict IPC interfaces between modules. Being able to develop device drivers without expecting your macine to hang is actually very neat :-) Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message