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The real irony is that Android might as well run on a microkernel, considering no OEM has any intention of ever making their firmware work on anyone else's hard

by mtgx 10y ago

The real irony is that Android might as well run on a microkernel, considering no OEM has any intention of ever making their firmware work on anyone else's hardware. Everyone's ROMs would be more or less just as incompatible as they are now, but at least they'd be faster and much more secure at the kernel level.

dispose13432 10y ago
>but at least they'd be faster The problem with microkernal's isn't compatibility, it's speed.
- pjmlp 10y ago
  QNX, Genode and L4 have solved that problem longtime ago. The problems with microkernels are mostly urban legends.
  - dispose13432 10y ago
    So why can't hurd get its act together?
    - pmoriarty 10y ago
      Lack of volunteers.
    - pjmlp 10y ago
      Lack of resources and manpower.
    - snvzz 10y ago
      Because they're still using Mach, and most capable contributors moved on to microkernel-based projects that actually aren't hopeless.
- snvzz 10y ago
  http://blog.darknedgy.net/technology/2016/01/01/0/ http://blog.darknedgy.net/technology/2016/01/01/0/
snvzz 10y ago
Google's working on Fuchsia. This might be exactly their plan.