From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu From: Bengt Kleberg Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit References: , Subject: Re: [9fans] Re: Threads: Sewing badges of honor onto a Kernel Date: Wed, 3 Mar 2004 09:33:35 +0000 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 0f117c88-eacd-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 ron minnich wrote: > On Tue, 2 Mar 2004, Bengt Kleberg wrote: > > >>i thought that the idea with an micro kernel is that it makes it >>_possible_ to tailor the application interface towards many different >>applications. a monolithic kernel has only one interface. > > > no, I recall Rashid saying this about Mach 3.0: microkernels are not > small, they just don't do much. This in response to the complaints that > this low-capability "micro kernel" was about 3 Mbytes in size. I wish I > had saved the exact email :-) so different micro kernels have different ideas behind them. i like speed, and therefore prefer the ones that have faster applications as their idea. > you get way more ability to tailor etc. with Plan 9 than I was every able > to figure out with Mach. please consider using a modern micro kernel as example of a micro kernel. you would not want me to use multics as the one true monolithic kernel, would you :-) > ron > p.s. why do all your short emails have a 20-line disclaimer? the disclaimer is added by the mail server for outgoing email. bengt This communication is confidential and intended solely for the addressee(s). Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you believe this message has been sent to you in error, please notify the sender by replying to this transmission and delete the message without disclosing it. Thank you. E-mail including attachments is susceptible to data corruption, interruption, unauthorized amendment, tampering and viruses, and we only send and receive e-mails on the basis that we are not liable for any such corruption, interception, amendment, tampering or viruses or any consequences thereof.