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Article #1073Re: Mach vs. NT?
From: Tom Truscott
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:58
Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 19:58
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>3. NT is a micro-kernel architecture ... Since when? A micro-kernel is not merely modular, it also enforces (e.g. via the MMU) a separation between itself and other parts of the OS. For example, networking and file systems are implemented with user-mode processes. Some UNIX implementations dynamically load (and unload) those pieces into the kernel, but the result is a modular and flexible traditional kernel -- not a micro-kernel. When David Cutler presented NT at the Usenix Workshop on "Micro-kernels and Other Kernels Architectures", he opened his talk by saying he was there as one of the "Other Kernels". Was he mistaken? Tom Truscott
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!europa.asd.contel.com!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!gatech!concert!duke!trt From: trt@duke.cs.duke.edu (Tom Truscott) Newsgroups: comp.os.mach Subject: Re: Mach vs. NT? Message-ID: <724276683@romeo.cs.duke.edu> Date: 13 Dec 92 19:58:04 GMT References: <Bz0vGv.38x@eis.calstate.edu> <J8DNVB1w165w@bluemoon.use.com> <1992Dec13.102359.27514@microsoft.com> Organization: IBM RTP Lines: 16