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Windows 10 is a hybrid kernel. https://stackoverflow.com/q/19365184/308851 https://stackoverflow.com/q/19365184/308851 Microsoft itself called the NT 3.1 kerne
by chx 8y ago
Windows 10 is a hybrid kernel. https://stackoverflow.com/q/19365184/308851 https://stackoverflow.com/q/19365184/308851
Microsoft itself called the NT 3.1 kernel a "macrokernel". https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//cc750820(v=technet.10) https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions//cc750820...
If you look at the Other Wiki, you will find even Mac OS is not a microkernel. http://wiki.c2.com/?MicroKernel http://wiki.c2.com/?MicroKernel
> XNU is not a MicroKernel, it is a kernel obtained by merging the Mach MicroKernel with parts of the BSD kernel and parts specific to Darwin, all running in kernel space.
OKL4 is the most widely deployed pure microkernel in Qualcomm phone modems and Apple's Secure Enclave coprocessor. It is possible OKL4 is the most widespread OS, in fact.