Question What "OS-agnostic" means ?

[shaharhada]

" Unlike BSD, the Mach kernel is OS-agnostic and supports multiple processor architectures."
What is OS-agnostic? What is the meaning?
In the source:
https://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/definition/kernel

 

[USAFRet]

Unlike some other kernels, it does not care what operating system is using it.

 

[shaharhada]

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Unlike some other kernels, it does not care what operating system is using it.

O.K. Can you elaborate it in more details? Please.

 

[USAFRet]

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O.K. Can you elaborate it in more details? Please.

From your link:
"It is the main layer between the OS and hardware, and it helps with process and memory management, file systems, device control and networking. "

It is an interpreter between the operating system and the processor.
You ask Windows to do something, it asks the kernel. The kernel then talks to the processor..."Hey, our guy wants to print something. Do that, please."


The current Windows kernel. Can't run Linux on it.
The current Linux kernel. Can't run Windows on it.

The MACH referred to in the article could, apparently, take instruction from different operating systems.

 

[shaharhada]

From your link:
"It is the main layer between the OS and hardware, and it helps with process and memory management, file systems, device control and networking. "

It is an interpreter between the operating system and the processor.
You ask Windows to do something, it asks the kernel. The kernel then talks to the processor..."Hey, our guy wants to print something. Do that, please."


The current Windows kernel. Can't run Linux on it.
The current Linux kernel. Can't run Windows on it.

The MACH referred to in the article could, apparently, take instruction from different operating systems.

Thanks.