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From: lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog)
Newsgroups: comp.os.mach
Subject: Re: Bytes in Mach 3.0?
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Date: 20 Feb 91 20:10:24 GMT
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lance@motcsd.csd.mot.com (lance.norskog) writes:

>Folks, I think these numbers comprise the micro-kernel with the BSD Unix
>'server' bolted on its side in an unholy fashion.  Yes? No?  

So it's just the micro-kernel?

All right, all right, here's another theory: the micro-kernel contains a lot
of functionality which allows you to easily add on protocols, file systems,
device drivers, regular programs, AND bolts a number of processors together
in a clean, extensible way without forcing all the inefficiencies of
normal symmetric spin-lock style UNIX machines.  All this functionality
controls the size of the architecture; even if you don't have the features
linked in the core is still big because you CAN link in the features.

Enough whistling in the dark: time to download the freed sources.

Lance