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| + | MINIX 3 has many improvements over MINIX 2, too many to list. We will just list a few of them here. | ||
| + | ===== New Features ===== | ||
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| + | * Installation (based on a live CD) is much simpler | ||
| + | * X Window System | ||
| + | * Memory sizes up to 4 GB are supported | ||
| + | * Disk blocks can be 1-, 2-, 4-, or 8-KB | ||
| + | * The select system call has been added | ||
| + | * Many new programs including gcc, g++, emacs, nvi, vim, bison, python, perl, GNU utilities | ||
| + | * An information server has been added for debugging and other purposes | ||
| + | * A reincarnation server automatically kills and replaces faulty device drivers on the fly | ||
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| + | ===== Better System structure ===== | ||
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| + | * The kernel has been heavily rewritten, cleaned up, and reduced to under 4000 lines of code | ||
| + | * Each device driver (except the clock) is now a separate user process | ||
| + | * Many new [[.:reliability|reliability]] features have been added | ||
| + | * A new nonblocking notification mechanism for IPC has been added | ||
| + | * Timer management has been improved and simplified | ||
| + | * Scheduling has been made more general | ||
| + | * A bit map controls which destinations a process can send to | ||
| + | * A bit map controls which kernel calls drivers and servers can make | ||
| + | * Control of 'superuser-like' powers for kernel calls have been modularized | ||
| + | * Interrupt notification and messages have been integrated | ||
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