[Novalug] Linux boot, was Re: Kernel Compiles

Ed James edward.james@gmail.com
Wed Apr 14 05:36:11 EDT 2010


Is the kernel a single process (what's the process name?) or is it several
processes (what are their names?) which intercommunicate?  I've heard
that it's monolithic, yet the "best" doc I found indicated multiple
processes.  Finding a simple "picture" ain't been easy.

Ed James

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> Linux boot process:
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> 3. loads kernel
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