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"Snap has been running in production for over three years, supporting the extensible communication needs of several large and critical systems." Are there many
by ZeroCool2u 7y ago
"Snap has been running in production for over three years, supporting the extensible communication needs of several large and critical systems."
Are there many systems using microkernels in production environments? I mean at least at this kind, or a somewhat similar, scale?
3 years seems like a long time, while up until this moment microkernels seemed fairly niche to me and something reserved for more experimental systems.
The only one I can think of off the top of my head is Fuchsia.
- mnem 7y agoQNX has been around for quite a while and used across many areas: https://blackberry.qnx.com/en https://blackberry.qnx.com/en Edit: The Wikipedia entry has a little less fluff than the official homepage: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QNX
- als0 7y agoWell Snap isn’t a microkernel. It’s a Linux user space with microkernel inspiration. So you can’t use it as a basis for comparison.
- als0 7y agoOKL4 is a microkernel that’s shipped in a billion mobile devices.
- eadan 7y agoThe Secure Enclave processor on Apple devices runs a version of the L4 microkernel [0] https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209632 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209632