On: Little Snitch and the deprecation of kernel extens...

[riazrizvi]

And Apple takes another step closer toward a proprietary OS away from UNIX. Perhaps 10.16 will lose certification [1].

[1] https://www.opengroup.org/openbrand/register/

EDIT: I can't find anything that references kernel extensions in the conformance [2] section of the spec, so maybe 10.16 will adhere to the UNIX03 standard after all.

[2] https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/

[TazeTSchnitzel → riazrizvi]

POSIX does not standardise kernel extensions. You can't use Linux kernel extensions on other OSes for example.

[saagarjha → TazeTSchnitzel]

You can't even use Linux kernel extensions across different versions of Linux…

[pjmlp → riazrizvi]

QNX is also a certified UNIX for embedded deployment, yet it is a micro-kernel OS.

https://blackberry.qnx.com/en/resource-center/qnx-certificat...

UNIX certification doesn't say anything about how a kernel should be implemented, or what kind of driver architecture is used.

[loeg → riazrizvi]

Anyone can buy UNIX certification. It just means you set fire to an appropriately sized bundle of cash. In return you get a nice sticker from the trademark holder. It is not especially meaningful.