Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 20:35:55 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Tom <tom@uniserve.com>, Andrew Reilly <reilly@zeta.org.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Heads up on LFS Message-ID: <19980806203555.56458@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980805202349.20955A-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>; from Tom on Wed, Aug 05, 1998 at 08:26:32PM -0700 References: <19980806112955.A4299@reilly.home> <Pine.BSF.3.96.980805202349.20955A-100000@shell.uniserve.ca>
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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
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