LXer: The fuss over kernel design

LXer · 05-13-2006, 10:21 PM

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Recently there has been a fuss over monolithic and micro kernels - specifically the direction of the Linux Kernel development. Free Software is about "freedom of choice", and we should be able to choose to compile the Linux Kernel as either a monolith or a microkernel. To help accelerate this process, could someone please steal Linus' laptop, install l4linux overnight on it and give it back to him?

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cs-cam · 05-14-2006, 02:08 AM

"Freedom of choice" is correct, the linux kernel is a monolithic kernel. If a microkernel is your thing then build a GNU userspace around a Mach kernel or use GNU/Hurd.