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Re: Why NetBSD uses monolithic kernel?



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)

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David A. Holland
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