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diff --git a/microkernel.mdwn b/microkernel.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e2d70c01 --- /dev/null +++ b/microkernel.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2007, 2008 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]]."]]"""]] + +[[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. + +[[Research]]. [[Viengoos]]. + +[[Microkernels_for_beginners|for_beginners]]. + +A 2002 article about [[microkernel_FUD|FUD]] (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt). + +[[FAQ]]. + +[[Mach]]. |