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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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