Poll to see what type of kernel model we're all developing

KrnlHckr · Post by **KrnlHckr** » Thu May 29, 2008 5:40 pm

Hey everyone!

The thread with all our screenshots was really fun reading. I'm impressed with all the progress everyone has made on their projects.

I thought I'd start a quick poll to see what kind of kernel model we're developing under.

lukem95 · Post by **lukem95** » Thu May 29, 2008 6:46 pm

modular microkernel

piranha · Post by **piranha** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:56 pm

Modular (something)kernel. Haven't decided yet. Probably micro.

-JL

tadada · Post by **tadada** » Thu May 29, 2008 8:18 pm

I decided for simplicity I would do monolithic... I'm gunna try to code it so that if one peice messes up it would kill everything else... Mabye it would be easier to go with Micro. Still building my bootloader. All my kernel does is set the stack and then print P to the console so I figure it is early enough to change.

xyzzy · Post by **xyzzy** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:27 am

I'm developing a monolithic. For a while I experimented with developing a microkernel, got to the stage of having an IPC system, basic support for driver functions in userspace (I/O ports, interrupt management), and a VFS server, but I gave up and went back to a monolithic because the IPC system was awful and I didn't like the way the system was designed.

Combuster · Post by **Combuster** » Fri May 30, 2008 1:49 am

Exokernel, for the sake of being different

AJ · Post by AJ » Fri May 30, 2008 2:13 am

Modular monolithic here.

jal · Post by **jal** » Fri May 30, 2008 2:49 am

Micro, with as little as possible inside the kernel, and as much as possible in user space. Maybe I'd even call it a nano kernel.

JAL

oscoder · Post by **oscoder** » Fri May 30, 2008 5:24 pm

Microkernel for me

. I was intending to do most things in userspace, but things have slowly crept back into the kernel...

01000101 · Post by **01000101** » Fri May 30, 2008 8:02 pm

monolithic all the way. =)

Ready4Dis · Post by **Ready4Dis** » Fri May 30, 2008 11:05 pm

I consider mine monolithic, although most of the core components are modules that are loaded, but all modules + drivers run in kernel space, hence monolithic.

thepowersgang · Post by **thepowersgang** » Sat May 31, 2008 4:52 am

Mine is a monolithic, but the kernel itself is modular, so I could strip it down if I needed to.

esa · Post by **esa** » Sun Jun 01, 2008 3:24 am

An exokernel with some microkernel flavour. The reason being that for me an exokernel is the most interesting option...

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Poll to see what type of kernel model we're all developing

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Poll to see what type of kernel model we're all developing