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authorMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2014-09-23 22:59:03 +0200
committerMattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>2014-09-23 22:59:03 +0200
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split out modular micro-display servers from modular display servers
Signed-off-by: Mattias Andrée <maandree@operamail.com>
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@@ -5120,6 +5120,7 @@ any insight.
* The Hybrid Server Architecture:: The hybrid server architecture.
* The Megalithic Server Architecture:: The megalithic server architecture.
* The Modular Server Architecture:: The modular server architecture.
+* The Modular Microserver Architecture:: The modular microserver architecture.
* The Exoserver Architecture:: The exoserver architecture.
@end menu
@@ -5370,11 +5371,41 @@ as megalithic kernels, however with the same caveats.
With a little work the mds protocol could be transformed
into a modular server display protocol, and with some work
the reference implementation could be made into a modular
+server display.
+
+
+
+@node The Modular Microserver Architecture
+@section The Modular Microserver Architecture
+
+Description: A modular display server with a module
+that enables clients to act as modules that communicates
+via interprocess communication rather than being loaded
+into the display server.
+
+@noindent
+Implementations: none?
+
+@noindent
+Advantages:
+
+@itemize @bullet{}
+@item
+the modular microserver architecture seem to provide
+all of the advantages of the other architecture but
+none of the disadvantages. However, modules can still
+crash and bring down the display server, but the idea
+is to not load unstable modules but let the be servers.
+Therefore exo-diplay server are slightly more robust.
+@end itemize
+
+@noindent
+With a little work the mds protocol could be transformed
+into a modular server display protocol, and with some work
+the reference implementation could be made into a modular
server display. Then the untransformed version of
@command{mds-server} cound be made into a module for the
-transformed version to accomplish the best of all worlds,
-with the exception that we would have a rather large
-memory footprint.
+transformed version.