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Re: Why *are* the kernels monolithic?
From: Henning Brauer (lists-openbsd
bsws.de)
Date: Wed Jun 02 2004 - 06:31:20 CDT
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* Ed White <ed.whitelibero.it> [2004-06-02 13:22]:
> Theo de Raadt wrote:
> > > Sure, if you're running at the margins, you might need a custom kernel.
> > > But, if you're running at the margins, you're in the minority (by
> > > definition), and you either know what you're doing, or you have the
> > > money or the time to learn.
> >
> > Well, spoken. And don't worry -- nothing is going to change. Simple
> > is powerful.
>
> To keep it simple we could add one or two kernel flavours, like NetBSD does.
>
> Something like
> GENERIC everything
> LAPTOP CardBus, ...
> SERVER SCSI, ...
that is not simple, that complicated things by factor 3.
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