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diff --git a/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn b/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn index 0f7cbf00..08bce3f5 100644 --- a/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn +++ b/microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn @@ -31,3 +31,20 @@ text="*[[mach\_kernel\_principles|documentation]]*: In particular the [[!toggle id=mach_kernel_principles text="[mach\_kernel\_principles]"]] book further elaborates on Mach's concepts and principles. + + +# IRC, freenode, #hurd, 2013-08-26 + + < stargater> then is mach not more microkernel + < stargater> when it have driver inside + < braunr> mach is a hybrid + < braunr> even without drivers + < stargater> in www i read mach is microkernel + < stargater> not hybrid + < braunr> the word microkernel usually includes hybrids + < braunr> true microkernels are also called nanokernels + < braunr> the word isn't that important, what matters is that mach does + more in kernel than what the microkernel principle implies + < braunr> e.g. high level async IPC and high level virtual memory + operations + < braunr> including physical memory management |