Linux-kernel mailing list archive 1999-22,: Re:Linux is a MicroKernal? (was:is linux obsolete)

# Re:Linux is a MicroKernal? (was:is linux obsolete)

Michael B. Trausch (mtrausch@wcnet.org)
Sun, 30 May 1999 20:34:07 -0400 (EDT)

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On Sun, 30 May 1999, Steve Bergman wrote:
> "G. Allen Morris III" wrote:
>
> > Linux modules are in the same address space as the kernel. In a
> > micro-kernel ``modules'' are in their own address space. This is
> > why micro-kernels are slower than traditional kernels.
> >
> > It is because of this slowness that micro-kernels are sometimes very
> > large, as in the case of NT. To speed up a micro-kernel you put the
> > more important parts into the kernel proper.
> >
>
> So what is a microkernel, really? Does putting the GUI into the kernel
>

Excuse my ignorance, as I'm only 16 and I haven't had the oppourtunity to
take any CS related classes on OS design or anything -- but what is a
monolithic kernel and microkernel, and what is the difference between the
two, from a technical standpoint?

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