| ▲ | pjmlp 2 days ago | |||||||
OS X was never a proper micro-kernel, rather an hybrid one like Windows NT, using still a micro-kernel like approach but with subsystems on the same process space. https://fahrplan.events.ccc.de/congress/2007/Fahrplan/attach... https://www.amazon.de/-/en/Mac-OS-Internals-Approach-paperba... If anything it is going more into that direction, after Apple announced removing all kernel extensions, and having userspace counterparts to them. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/SystemExtensions https://developer.apple.com/documentation/systemextensions/i... Usually it takes one OS version between introducing new userspace APIs, and removing the old way on the following version. | ||||||||
| ▲ | wpm 2 days ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Apple removed third-party kernel extensions (and even so only removed the ability to install them without going into recovery and changing a scary box). There are still lots of .kext files in the /System folder for hardware drivers. | ||||||||
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