On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Tharindu Rukshan Bamunuarachchi < [email protected]> wrote:
> AFAIK, Minix is micro-kernel. > Not entirely true. Minix started out as a monolithic kernel. Minix 3 shifted from a monolithic design to micro-kernel design in an effort to prevent bringing the whole system down just because of a bug in one of the device drivers. Iit was basically written to serve as reliable, self-healing, multiserver UNIX clone. Venkatram Tummala > > > > > On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Adam Lee <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 12:40 PM, Anuz Pratap Singh Tomar >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > none, its derived from minix. >> > beside there is lot of info about this on internet. why even ask? >> > >> > >> >> It's not derived from minix, from the perspective of the source. >> >> It's derived from minix, SVR and BSD, from the perspective of the >> philosophy. >> >> : ) >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Adam Lee >> -------------------------------------------------- >> E-mail: [email protected] >> Website: http://www.adam8157.info >> -------------------------------------------------- >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this list: send an email with >> "unsubscribe kernelnewbies" to [email protected] >> Please read the FAQ at http://kernelnewbies.org/FAQ >> >> >
