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Get To Know Mach, the Kernel of Mac OS X

Posted by Hemos on from the getting-to-know-all-about-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Linux is a kernel, not an operating system. So what is Mac OS X's kernel? The Mach microkernel. The debate around Monolithic (Linux) and Micro (Mach) kernels continues, and there is a great chapter online about the Mach system from the very good book 'Operating System Concepts'. Which design is better? I report, you decide." Warning: link is to a PDF.

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  1. Re:Mac OS X is Mach, but it is not a Microkernel by marcosdumay · · Score: 1, Redundant

    "I suppose it's possible I'm underinformed, but I believe the "BSD subsystem" of OSX is not compiled "into the kernel" and is entirely a compatibility layer on top of it."

    Uh hu! Apple has finished Hurd!?

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