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@@ -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.
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+
+# 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