Re: UNIX Kernel

In our last episode, <1188562948.214710.23240@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
the lovely and talented Brent Bolin broadcast on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:

On Aug 27, 2:13 am, Lars Eighner <use...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In our last episode,
<1188192249.081002.312...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, the lovely and
talented Steven Borrelli broadcast on comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:

Can someone tell me where the UNIX kernel is located by default (e.g.
in FreeBSD, or really any UNIX system)?

FreeBSD (and the other BSDs) do not have a UNIX kernel. The FreeBSD kernel
is modular in recent releases and the modules are in /boot/kernel. There
may also be third-party or application-oriented modules in /boot/modules
(mostly drivers and device shims).

I already know where the Linux kernel is, I'm curious about the UNIX
kernel. Thanks!



What do you mean FBSD does not have a kernel ?

I did not say it does not have a kernel. I said it does not have a UNIX
kernel, and it doesn't. BSD is (was) everything except the UNIX kernel
(which belonged to AT&T at one time). The various flavors of BSD are (were)
BSD + various new kernels, and of course those "new" kernels have been
revised and reworked numerous times, but they are not UNIX. And Linux is
not UNIX either.

What you say about modularity is true. There is almost no reason to
create a custom kernel because the kernel already has hooks for all
the kldload loadable modules.

Please correct me if I'm wrong.

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