Re: Why NetBSD uses monolithic kernel?
David Holland <[email protected]> Sun, 15 Nov 2015 22:28:59 +0000
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On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 06:33:18AM -0700, fran?ais wrote: > In all references that I have read, monolithic kernels are known for being > cumbersome, difficult to maintain, difficult to debug, coding in kernel is > very challenging, a faulty part of kernel can bring down the whole system > and so on ... . > On the other hand, hybrid kernels and micro-kernels have solved these > problems. I wonder why NetBSD uses monolithic kernel? Welcome to the real world, as opposed to academic fairyland :-) (disclaimer: I am a participant in academic fairlyland) -- David A. Holland [email protected]