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0 pointsyjftsjthsd-h4y ago0 comments

> microkernels aren't necessarily better than hybrid, they're slower, harder to debug and process management can be complicated

I was basically on board, but how are they harder to debug? I'd think being able to run components in userspace would make debugging way easier.

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mjgerm4y ago

You are now debugging a distributed system.

yjftsjthsd-hOP4y ago

Oh, good point; I was thinking at the component level

jatone4y ago

fun fact: you already are in linux. being a monolith doesn't change the nature of the problem.

yjftsjthsd-hOP4y ago

Are you? I'm paddy pretty sure I can run a single Linux and point a single gdb at it[0] and debug it in a single memory space; I don't think you can do that with a microkernel.

[0] possibly resorting to UML, but still

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0 pointsyjftsjthsd-h4y ago0 comments

> microkernels aren't necessarily better than hybrid, they're slower, harder to debug and process management can be complicated

I was basically on board, but how are they harder to debug? I'd think being able to run components in userspace would make debugging way easier.

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mjgerm4y ago

You are now debugging a distributed system.

yjftsjthsd-hOP4y ago

Oh, good point; I was thinking at the component level

jatone4y ago

fun fact: you already are in linux. being a monolith doesn't change the nature of the problem.

yjftsjthsd-hOP4y ago

Are you? I'm paddy pretty sure I can run a single Linux and point a single gdb at it[0] and debug it in a single memory space; I don't think you can do that with a microkernel.

[0] possibly resorting to UML, but still

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse