Re: systemd and server use
Steve Litt wrote at 2014-09-28 22:04 -0500:
> On Sun, 28 Sep 2014 18:10:52 -0500 green <greenfreedom10@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Microkernels, as I understand, aim to support a highly modular system
> > *design* but are themselves minimal (Minix 3 has about 4000 lines of
> > executable kernel code). This "core code" can be more easily audited
> > and maintained. Servers, eg. device drivers, are supervised and can
> > not bring down the system (in the context of the kernel). (See
> > <http://www.minix3.org/other/reliability.html>.)
> >
> > So yes, perhaps one major reason some people dislike systemd (too much
> > "core code") is the same reason some people like the microkernel
> > design.
>
> I don't think anyone had a problem with the concepts around
> microkernel. The problem is that nobody in the Free Software community
> could write a decent microkernel.
NetBSD's "anykernel" and DragonFlyBSD's "hybrid" kernel designs could
be considered at least to incorporate parts of the microkernel design.
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