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Ahh, wikipedia. Then, I raise you one, please make sure you read the NT description: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_kernel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hy
by BananaRepublic 15y ago
Ahh, wikipedia. Then, I raise you one, please make sure you read the NT description:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_kernel http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_kernel
- TheIronYuppie 15y agoI guess it's all just semantics at this point - my point was that you'd be more correct in saying that NT was a microkernel with some changes, than a monolithic with some changes (I suppose this was your point with pulling out the Hybrid term). FYI, most drivers including video, have been moved back to a split between User Mode and Kernel Mode, rather than being completely kernel mode as they used to be (the Wikipedia article links to something that is very out of date). IIRC, Application IPC is still Kernel-Mode. http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc784266(WS.10).aspx http://technet.microsoft.com/enus/library/cc784266(WS.10).as...
- TheIronYuppie 15y agoOops, wrong copy paste - http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480220.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa480220.aspx (about WDDM, which move most of the display driver functionality back to user-mode)