Differntiate monolithic kernel and microkernel

      

Differntiate monolithic kernel and microkernel

  

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Joseph
Monolithic kernel is a single process running through the entirely in a single address space. It is a single static binary file while microkernel is broken down into separate processes known as serves and some of the kernels run in kernel space and some run in user space .
Other differences:
1.Monolithic kernel is much older than microkernel.
2.Monolithic kernels are used in Unix and Linux while microkernels are used in QNX,L4 and HURD.
3.monolithic kernels are faster than microkernels.
4.Monolithic kernels generally are bulky while pure microkernels are small in size.
5.In monolithic kernels the device drivers reside in the kernel space while in the microkernel the device drivers reside in the user space.

Erwoti answered the question on June 21, 2018 at 05:03


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