From 6c41b4a7a5304d990dcf0b342bb706ab7a5fb945 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thomas Schwinge Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 10:44:46 +0200 Subject: Integrate the Microkernel FAQ into the general FAQ. --- faq.mdwn | 5 ----- faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ faq_inlined.mdwn | 5 ----- getting_help.mdwn | 9 +++++---- microkernel.mdwn | 8 ++++---- microkernel/faq.mdwn | 21 --------------------- microkernel/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn | 26 -------------------------- 7 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 65 deletions(-) create mode 100644 faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn delete mode 100644 microkernel/faq.mdwn delete mode 100644 microkernel/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn diff --git a/faq.mdwn b/faq.mdwn index 605b6422..46636796 100644 --- a/faq.mdwn +++ b/faq.mdwn @@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ rootpage="faq" postformtext="Add a new item titled:"]] This page [[with all items inlined|faq_inlined]]. -# Also see the... - - * [[microkernel FAQ|microkernel/faq]] - - # General-discussion FAQs [[!map diff --git a/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn b/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..b4edd9af --- /dev/null +++ b/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013 +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]]."]]"""]] + +[[!tag faq/general]] + +[[!meta title="What is a Multiserver Microkernel?"]] + +A Microkernel has nothing to do with the size of the kernel. Rather, it refers +to the functionality that the kernel provides. It is generally agreed that +this is; a set of interfaces to allow processes to communicate and a way to +talk to the hardware. *Software drivers*, as we like to call them, are then +implemented in user space as servers. The most obvious examples of these are +the TCP/IP stack, the ext2 filesystem and NFS. In the case of the Hurd, users +now have access to functionality that, in a monolithic kernel, they could never +use, but now, because the server runs in user space as the user that started +it, they may, for instance, mount an FTP filesystem in their home directory. + +For more information about the design of the Hurd, read the paper by Thomas +Bushnell, BSG: [[Towards a New Strategy of OS Design|hurd-paper]]. diff --git a/faq_inlined.mdwn b/faq_inlined.mdwn index 237855e6..2472f2e0 100644 --- a/faq_inlined.mdwn +++ b/faq_inlined.mdwn @@ -21,11 +21,6 @@ rootpage="faq" postformtext="Add a new item titled:"]] This page [[without all items inlined|faq]]. -# Also see the... - - * [[microkernel FAQ|microkernel/faq]] - - # General-discussion FAQs [[!inline diff --git a/getting_help.mdwn b/getting_help.mdwn index 92efabbe..34e54159 100644 --- a/getting_help.mdwn +++ b/getting_help.mdwn @@ -1,12 +1,13 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2013 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]]."]]"""]] # Essential Documentation @@ -14,7 +15,7 @@ is included in the section entitled * Debian GNU/Hurd [[hurd/running/debian/FAQ]] - * Microkernel [[microkernel/FAQ]] + * [[faq/Multiserver_Microkernel]] * GNU Mach's [[microkernel/mach/gnumach/Hardware_Compatibility_List]] diff --git a/microkernel.mdwn b/microkernel.mdwn index 754c7aee..5cad12ee 100644 --- a/microkernel.mdwn +++ b/microkernel.mdwn @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012 Free Software Foundation, -Inc."]] +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013 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 @@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ An [introduction](http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/ulfar/ukernel/ukernel.ht [[Research]]. +[[faq/Multiserver_Microkernel]]. + [[Microkernels_for_beginners|for_beginners]]. A 2002 article about [[microkernel_FUD|FUD]] (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). -[[FAQ]]. - # Implementations diff --git a/microkernel/faq.mdwn b/microkernel/faq.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index fe259f05..00000000 --- a/microkernel/faq.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,21 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2008, 2009, 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]]."]]"""]] - -[[!meta title="Microkernel FAQ"]] - -See also other [[/FAQ]]. - -[[!inline -pages="microkernel/faq/* and !*/discussion" -show=0 -feeds=no -actions=yes -rootpage="microkernel/faq" postformtext="Add a new item titled:"]] diff --git a/microkernel/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn b/microkernel/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index ca9b2179..00000000 --- a/microkernel/faq/multiserver_microkernel.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,26 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009 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]]."]]"""]] - -[[!meta title="What is a Multiserver Microkernel?"]] - -A Microkernel has nothing to do with the size of the kernel. Rather, it refers -to the functionality that the kernel provides. It is generally agreed that -this is; a set of interfaces to allow processes to communicate and a way to -talk to the hardware. *Software drivers*, as we like to call them, are then -implemented in user space as servers. The most obvious examples of these are -the TCP/IP stack, the ext2 filesystem and NFS. In the case of the Hurd, users -now have access to functionality that, in a monolithic kernel, they could never -use, but now, because the server runs in user space as the user that started -it, they may, for instance, mount an FTP filesystem in their home directory. - -For more information about the design of the Hurd, read the paper by Thomas -Bushnell, BSG: -[[Towards_a_New_Strategy_of_OS_Design|hurd-paper]]. -- cgit v1.2.3