The inverse - a micro kernel involves extra overhead when passing
	messages between the kernel and modules. There are advantages to
	a micro kernel approach, but in general performance is not one of
	them.

		David/absolute

On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Reinoud Koornstra wrote:

> So you say that micro kernels are better when it comes to performance?
> 
> Bye,
> 
> Reinoud.
> 
> On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> > 	I think you may be referring to the "hurd", though as it happens
> > 	a significant performance "hurt" does tend to come with the use
> > 	of micro kernels vs monolithic kernels used in traditional unix
> > 	systems.