On 7/27/07, Joerg Schilling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Brian Gupta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Please do not confuse microkernel with multi-context kernels. > > > > > > Solaris _is_ a microkernel architecture and not a monolith. > > > Solaris does however run al the code in a single kernel context. > > > > > > Could you please explain how you see Solaris's kernel being a microkernel? > > (Are you thinking because Solaris supports dynamically loadable kernel > > modules that it is a microkernel?) > > Solaris is no monolithic OS. > > It starts with a small init/loader that pulls in modules on demand. > > The modules however do all run in the same HW context. > > This is different in multi-context OS. >
Does "HW context" here mean "address space" ? _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
