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#Lecture
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- [ ] [[Homework 1]] 📅 2025-01-21
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**What are microkernels?**
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Microkernels are kernels but absolutely minimal. Delegate device drivers, file systems, and networking to user-space processes.
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Key advantages:
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1. Modularity
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2. Fault isolation
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3. Reliability - smaller codebase
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4. Security and Maintainability
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The big con:
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Microkernels have way, way more interprocess communication (IPC). There are more delays because of all the extra communication.
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