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====== Overview of MINIX3 servers and drivers ======


System components loaded in boot image:
  * **kernel**: Kernel + clock + system (+ idle + asyncm) + IPC
  * **pm**: Process manager
  * **[[vfsinternals|vfs]]**: Virtual File system
  * **rs**: Reincarnation Server - (re)starts servers and drivers
  * **memory**: RAM disk driver
  * **sched**: Scheduler server
  * **tty**: Console and keyboard driver
  * **ds**: Data Store Server
  * **[[vminternals|vm]]**: Virtual Memory manager
  * **mib**: Management Information Service server - handles sysctl
  * **pfs**: Pipe File System server
  * **mfs**: Minix File System server - for the ramdisk
  * **init**: parent of all user processes

Loaded by /etc/rc:
  * **pci**: PCI bus driver
  * **input**: Keyboard/mouse input server (/dev/kbdX, dev/mouseX)
  * **pckbd**: Keyboard driver
  * **floppy**: Floppy driver(if booted from hard disk) (/dev/fdXpY)
  * **at_wini** or **ahci**: Disk controller driver (/dev/cXdYpZsW)
  * **procfs**: Process File System server
  * **is**: Information server (for debug dumps)
  * **readclock.drv**: manipulate the hardware real time clock
  * **devman**:  device manager for hot-plugging of hardware (with devmand daemon) (/sys)
  * **lance**: NIC driver
  * **inet** or **lwip**: TCP/IP protocol stack server (/dev/ethX /dev/ipX /dev/tcpX )
  * **random**: Random number generator (/dev/random)
  * **pty**: pseudo terminal driver (/dev/ptypX)
  * **uds**: Unix Domain Sockets driver (for /dev/uds)
  * **ipc**: Sys V IPC server (exists parallel to native minix IPC in kernel)
  * **log**: Buffers log output (/dev/klog)
  * ...

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