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diff --git a/microkernel.mdwn b/microkernel.mdwn index e2d70c01..edefddb7 100644 --- a/microkernel.mdwn +++ b/microkernel.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010 Free Software Foundation, +Inc."]] [[!meta license="""[[!toggle id="license" text="GFDL 1.2+"]][[!toggleable id="license" text="Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license -is included in the section entitled -[[GNU Free Documentation License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] +is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation +License|/fdl]]."]]"""]] + +A *microkernel* is one kind of a [[kernel]] implementation. [[Liedtke]] explains in [On Microkernel Construction](http://l4ka.org/publications/paper.php?docid=642) that a microkernel attempts to minimize the mandatory part of the operating @@ -19,12 +22,10 @@ The idea of a microkernel as explained above was first explored by Per Brinch-Hansen in 1970 in [The Nucleus of a Multiprogramming System](http://brinch-hansen.net/papers/1970a.pdf). -Other notable microkernels include [[Hydra]], [[KeyKOS]], [[Eros]] and [[L4]]. - An [introduction](http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/ulfar/ukernel/ukernel.html) by Úlfar Erlingsson and Athanasios Kyparlis (from 1996) to microkernel concepts. -[[Research]]. [[Viengoos]]. +[[Research]]. [[Microkernels_for_beginners|for_beginners]]. @@ -32,4 +33,23 @@ A 2002 article about [[microkernel_FUD|FUD]] (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). [[FAQ]]. -[[Mach]]. + +# Implementations + + * [[Hydra]] + + * [[KeyKOS]] + + * [[Mach]] -- used by the GNU/Hurd + + * [[EROS]] + + * [[CapROS]] + + * [[Coyotos]] + + * [[L4]] + + * [[Barrelfish]] + + * [[Viengoos]] |