Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!darkstar!usenet From: usenet@darkstar.ucsc.edu (Usenet News Account) Newsgroups: comp.os.research Subject: Definition of a microkernel Message-ID: <16547@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Date: 3 Jun 91 14:04:49 GMT Organization: GMD-FIRST, D-1000 Berlin 10 Lines: 16 Approved: comp-os-research@jupiter.ucsc.edu The focus on microkernel-based operating systems leads me to the question about a microkernel definition. I'm aware of a minimal kernel (through reports on Clouds, esp. Ra) but can't imagine an analogy hearing about the functionality and code size of current microkernels. Can someone help with references or suggestions ? Thanks, -- Joerg Cordsen | UUCP: jc@gmdtub.uucp c/o GMD Berlin | BANG: ..!unido!gmdtub!jc D-1000 Berlin 12 - FRG | or ..!pyramid!tub!gmdtub!jc Hardenbergplatz 2 | FAX: +49 30 254 99 172