Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 16th Apr 2006 15:36 UTC
Right in between a car crash and Easter, I knew I had to write a Sunday Eve Column. So here I am, digesting vast quantities of chocolate eggs (and I don't even like chocolate), craving for coffee (for me about as special as breathing), with the goal of explaining to you my, well, obsession with microkernels. Why do I like them? Why do I think the microkernel paradigm is superior to the monolithic one? Read on.
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2005-10-13
Yes, for Minix 2 anyway, the reason the clock task interrupt is handled specially is for performance reasons. By putting it in the kernel (and moving away from a pure microkernel design) you can eliminate significant delays.