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diff --git a/microkernel.mdwn b/microkernel.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e706dcbd --- /dev/null +++ b/microkernel.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +[[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 +system by providing the minimal number of [[mechanism]]s that +maximize the flexibility of implementation (by imposing minimal +[[policy]]) while allowing the efficient implementation of the +remainder of the system. + +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.
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