Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 12:46:38 +1000 From: Patryk Zadarnowski <patrykz@ilion.eu.org> To: Gustavo V G C Rios <kernel@lince.tdnet.com.br> Cc: "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" <myevmenkin@att.com>, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Is traditional unixes kernel really stable ? Message-ID: <200004080246.MAA15027@mycenae.ilion.eu.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 07 Apr 2000 12:33:02 GMT." <38EDD57E.56A2681B@tdnet.com.br>
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> "Yevmenkin, Maksim N, CSCIO" wrote: > > > only one :-) performance :-) context switch is a slow operation. > > > > Thanks, > > emax > > > Excuse me gentleman, who said that ? > Take time to visit this site: http://www.qnx.com/iat/download/index.html > > You'll be introduced to a hard-real time OS (with a very modular > design). > The while OS fits in a single floppy with TCP/IP, GUI, web browser, http > server, and again, all that in a single floppy. HOw can it be done? > > This OS uses microkernel arch. > Fill their form in order to get a book describing its OS internal arch. > > Can some here explain me why such approach is not taken by FreeBSD? Yes. FreeBSD is based on the BSD monolithic kernel. It's precisely the ``other camp'' to the u-kernel guys (like myself.) Hence the ``BSD'' in its name. ;) Pat. -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Patryk Zadarnowski University of New South Wales <pat@ia64.org> School of Computer Science and Engineering -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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