Re:Linux kernel exceeds 15 million lines of code
by Someone on Friday January 13, 2012 @01:11PM
(#3461643)
There are at least three different definitions of "in the kernel":
- code that compiles to the single executable file that runs the OS (this can be limited to a mechanism for booting the system, a thread scheduler, basic memory allocator, but this may also contain some device drivers, file systems, etc)
- any code that compiles to anything that will run in kernel mode (many file systems and device drivers)
- the code that someone (say the people distributing what they call "the Linux kernel") call the kernel.
This count is about the third. I do not think it contains a kitchen sink, but it is close :-)
- code that compiles to the single executable file that runs the OS (this can be limited to a mechanism for booting the system, a thread scheduler, basic memory allocator, but this may also contain some device drivers, file systems, etc)
- any code that compiles to anything that will run in kernel mode (many file systems and device drivers)
- the code that someone (say the people distributing what they call "the Linux kernel") call the kernel.
This count is about the third. I do not think it contains a kitchen sink, but it is close :-)