MODULAR UNIX

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>From JONES at RADC-TOPS20 Tue Nov 17 20:30:08 1981
IS ANYONE OUT THERE WORKING ON MODULARIZING UNIX, OR KNOW OF ANYONE
WHO IS?  BY A MODULAR UNIX I MEAN THE FOLLOWING:

THE KERNEL IS PARTITIONED INTO SEGMENTS.  THE MAIN
SEGMENT, WHICH HAS THE ABILITY TO LOAD OTHER SEGMENTS, IS RESIDENT IN
THE MEMORY OF A PROCESSOR DESIGNATED THE "MASTER CONTROL HOST".
THE REMAINDER OF THE KERNEL CONSISTS OF SMALLER LOADABLE SEGMENTS,
WHICH ARE DISTRIBUTED AMONG SEVERAL SATELLITE PROCESSORS.  THESE
SMALLER SEGMENTS COULD BE THE DEVICE DRIVERS AND THE SYSTEM CALLS.
ULTIMATELY, SUCH A SYSTEM WOULD BE DYNAMICALLY RECONFIGURABLE,
INCLUDING MIGRATION OF THE MASTER CONTROL HOST.


EMILIE JONES SIARKIEWICZ
ROME AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER
GRIFFISS AFB NY
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