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Theoretically speaking, does Hurd still have anything to offer over the Linux kernel's monolithic architecture?
by robgibbons 12y ago
Theoretically speaking, does Hurd still have anything to offer over the Linux kernel's monolithic architecture?
- kjs3 12y agoHurd (by way of Mach) has far more PhD papers.
- vezzy-fnord 12y agoAs it stands, the Hurd consists of file servers on top of Mach called translators, which provide OS services. It's a rustier version of what Plan 9 achieves via the 9P protocol. By academic standards the design is uninteresting and perhaps outdated, though if it had actually flourished in the 90s as it was intended, the use of a multiserver microkernel in a mainstream OS would have been quite the achievement back then.
- robgibbons 12y agoThanks vezzy... Very interesting reading about multiserver microkernels. I also found the following articles on the Hurd website very informative: https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/advantages.html https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/advantages.html https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/weblogs/ArneBab/technical-advantages-of-the-hurd.html https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd/community/weblogs/ArneBab/...