From: lioness@maple.circa.ufl.edu Subject: Microkernel Date: 9 Mar 1993 04:13:12 GMT
I'm kind of new to the whole Linux bit, but I've noticed that it seems
to use a monolithic kernel architecture, where you must compile
capabilities into the kernel. Has anyone thought about letting some
aspects of the kernel be demand loaded, like .DLLs or shared libraries.
Thus, I can retain TCP/IP support if I wish to do so without changing
or recompiling anything, but without the overhead of having it part
of the kernel.
And why do different mice and what not have #ifdefs in the KERNEL?! I
don't understand that. And patches to use a different sound card....
Brian