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Figure 2: Monolithic structure
- Kernel and user are different parts of the same process
- Interface between the various I/O components is not well segregated (clean)
- This is in many ways more efficient, because procedure calls do not involve
a context switch for communication between the I/O components
Omer F Rana
Fri Feb 14 18:33:29 GMT 1997