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| author | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-09-25 21:59:24 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Schwinge <thomas@codesourcery.com> | 2013-09-25 21:59:24 +0200 |
| commit | bba1488c7be842e5d0311ffa6541373d63b1164c (patch) | |
| tree | 383f15ec9c57978e5675f0ba03bd94b7cf407731 /microkernel/mach/concepts.mdwn | |
| parent | afce216e724614c6c01ed3ec85f6d5a50dc5037d (diff) | |
| parent | eccdd13dd3c812b8f0b3d046ef9d8738df00562a (diff) | |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'fp/master'
Conflicts:
open_issues/secure_file_descriptor_handling.mdwn
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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 |