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Article #1214Re: Linux history - microkernel, monolithic
From: ml2mst
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:57
Date: Sun, 06 Aug 2006 09:57
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Vladimirr Saigon wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody know why Linus choose to make linux monolithic instead of > microkernel? I have been told, that there was some dispute about that > decision. As far as I can remember from the "Just for fun" book, Linus choose for a monolithic kernel, because of speed. Microkernels where too slow at that time in Linuss' opinion. You can read more about it here: http://www.cs.vu.nl/~ast/reliable-os/ Greetings, Marti - -- |_|0|_| Marti's Homepage: http://members.home.nl/ml2mst |_|_|0| Registered GNU/Linux User #394093 http://counter.li.org |0|0|0| Author of http://www.uitwisselplatform.nl/projects/freemultios -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.9.10 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFE1bz6jglSzqcXxwgRAhkOAKDCzXxDOrZd0zYKAD3kHlSENghpGACg1Gvo FAl0Z9lRxa+LFiHfOW7RTCk= =ucfk -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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