How can Minix 3 be so small

[Neal H. Walfield]

Hendrik,

> Could anybody explain why Fiasco is so big in comparison with
> Minix 3? From the difference in size I would expect that there is
> an essential difference in the feature set between Minix 3 and
> Fiasco. Or are the Minix lines just four times longer on average? 

I recollect from a talk that Jorrit Herder gave about that Minix3 does
not support paged memory: it uses segments for enforcing protection,
which explains a large part of the difference you observe.

Neal