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Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2002 08:45:29 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: Monolithic Vs. Microkernel
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On Mon, 25 Feb 2002, Rakesh Kumar Banka wrote:

> Anyone working on the Microkernel implementation
> of Linux? Specially in the area of seperating the process
> and the file management activities out of the kernel.

You have to remember that the source code for Linux is available.

This means we can have all the advantages of modularity at the
source level without needing any of the potential disadvantages
of modularity at the binary level.

regards,

Rik
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