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Summary: 1992 usenet message from the creator of Minix, explaining that Linux is no good because it's monolithic and closely tied to x86. In fairness, Linux ev
by andr 18y ago
Summary: 1992 usenet message from the creator of Minix, explaining that Linux is no good because it's monolithic and closely tied to x86.
In fairness, Linux evolved so that it's no longer x86-specific, and insmod makes it somewhat non-monolithic. Had it not evolved, AST might have been right and Linux might have died, particularly due lack of portability.
- mahmud 18y agoBetter Summary: AST's rant on Linux. Everybody should know that thread by heart. I figured what it was when I hovered the mouse over the link and saw comp.os.minix in there.
- cperciva 18y agoinsmod makes it somewhat non-monolithic No. This is a common misconception due to the overloading of the adjective "monolithic". In the context of microkernels vs. monolithic kernels, kernel modules are irrelevant, since they operate within the same (monolithic) address space as the main kernel.